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Urbandale teacher fired after reporting another teacher for alleged abuse of child with special needs

URBANDALE, Iowa — A beloved Urbandale teacher will not be returning to the classroom. The Urbandale School Board put first-grade teacher Amanda Delzell on paid leave last year. On Monday, the board voted 4-1 to terminate her contract. Delzell is accused of reviewing a security video at Webster Elementary that she says shows a special […]

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Iowa schools may finally get help from the state with the new book ban law. What to know:

Since passage of Iowa's book ban law, SF496, school officials have pushed Iowa's Department of Education to give the state's 325 districts guidance.

Iowa book ban prompts disclaimers on Little Free Library exchanges

At least two suburban school districts placed disclaimers on Little Free Libraries, free-standing outdoor displays where people are encouraged to share books.

"I mean, they're taking back our pandas. You know, we should take back all their farmland."

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, complaining about China buying up American farmland, which is just one of several recent incidents that show growing tensions between the U.S. and China, several of which have been panda-related. The National Zoo’s three giant pandas are set to return to China in early December with no public signs that the 50-year-old exchange agreement will be renewed or continued. Beijing currently lends out 65 pandas to 19 countries through “cooperative research programs.” If the National Zoo’s pandas do return to China in December, the only giant pandas left in America will be those at the Atlanta Zoo, and their loan agreement expires late next year. (Associated Press Oct. 3, 2023)