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Friday, December 14, 2012  Appliocants will have ranks high in national ratings.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  The Hannibal chapter of the NAACP will host a workshop Thursday night addressing racial sensitivity in district schools.

Friday, August 31, 2012  The Hannibal School District says it's looking forward to enhancing the dialogue about racial diversity and bullying following a report from the U.S. Department of Education's Civil Rights division.

Monday, April 23, 2012  Actors, artists join White House initiative to turn around failing schools with arts education

Monday, February 20, 2012 

Thursday, December 01, 2011  Update: Results of the investigation being conducted by the Department of Education should be available in about six months.

Thursday, November 10, 2011  The winningest coach in major college football history was fired Wednesday night, sending angry students into the streets.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  Complete story re-write: US fines Virginia Tech maximum $55,000 for response to 2007 mass shooting

Friday, December 10, 2010  US Education officials confirm that Virginia Tech's response to 2007 shooting rampage broke law

Thursday, November 18, 2010  Community colleges in Iowa are seeing record enrollment with nearly 106,600 students at the state's 15 community colleges'.

Thursday, September 09, 2010  A southeastern Iowa school district is asking a state board to forgive nearly $1 million that was improperly transferred to a child care center.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010  State officials say Iowa did not make the cut in the competition for federal funding under the Race to the Top education program.

Monday, May 24, 2010  Nine people accused of accessing President Barack Obama's student loan records while employed for a Department of Education contractor in Iowa are to be arraigned on federal charges.

Wednesday, April 07, 2010  The U.S. Department of Education is sending $18.7 million to Iowa to help the state's lowest achieving schools turn around.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009  A US Department of Education grant will allow the district to hire elementary guidance counselors.