As middle school students returned to the classroom after remote learning during COVID-19, Concord School District officials recognized kids were disoriented after remote and hybrid learning had disrupted their ability to socialize.

In his first visit to Iowa since announcing a 2024 presidential bid, former President Donald Trump laid out what he wants for American schools should he win: universal school choice, changes in school curriculum, elected school principals and to "break up" the U.S. Department of Education.

One organization has designed a different tutoring model, which gives very short one-to-one tutoring sessions to young children who are just learning to read. The nonprofit organization, Chapter One (formerly Innovations for Learning), calls it "short burst" tutoring.

K-12 public schools risk losing escalating amounts of state funding with each violation for not keeping exterior doors locked under the sweeping changes that Gov. Bill Lee has proposed for school safety.