Being Learning Disabled in Iowa: Treatment
A variety of teaching approaches are employed to help people who have trouble reading, writing or comprehending. Some of the pioneering research in the field took place at the University of Iowa.Being...
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It’s estimated between six and seven percent of Iowa’s K-through-12 students have specific learning disabilities. This minority of kids are often separated from their classmates, and labeled as...
View ArticleBeing Learning Disabled in Iowa: College
Iowa Public Radio is presenting Part Four in its week-long series “Being Learning Disabled in Iowa.” Yesterday we heard about the challenges faced by young students when it first becomes apparent they...
View ArticleBeing Learning Disabled in Iowa: Adults
Today, Iowa Public Radio concludes its week-long series “Being Learning Disabled in Iowa.” Over the past four days, correspondent Rob Dillard has been looking into the difficulties people with specific...
View ArticleBeing in Iowa: Southeast Asian: Tai Dam
The number of Southeast Asians in Iowa received a boost almost 40 years ago, when about 1,200 refugees who were fleeing the Communist takeover of Laos and Vietnam were allowed to resettle here. Their...
View ArticleBeing in Iowa: Southeast Asian: Boat People
A few years after former Governor Robert Ray found a home in Iowa for the Tai Dam refugees of Laos, he did the same thing for another group who was seeking sanctuary. These were the “boat people”, most...
View ArticleBeing In Iowa: Southeast Asians: Culture
Thousands of Southeast Asians left behind the familiar culture of their homeland for a fresh start in Iowa. Although they’re now living on the opposite side of the world from their birthplace, these...
View ArticleBeing in Iowa: Southeast Asian: Integration
In part four of our series “Being Southeast Asian in Iowa.” we explore what it takes to integrate into a place where the people speak a different language and practice different customs. Is it...
View ArticleBeing in Iowa: Southeast Asian: Burmese
Nearly every transplant to Iowa from Southeast Asia who we’ve met this week has been in the state for a number of years. Iowa has a long history of welcoming them. That’s partially why refugees from...
View ArticleBeing in Iowa: Mormons
With a devout Mormon running for president, pundits have labeled this period “the Mormon moment.” But polls indicate half the American public admits to knowing very little or nothing about the...
View ArticleBeing in Iowa: Sikhs
Iowa Public Radio is looking at how different groups of Iowans connect with God. Today, we examine the beliefs held within a 500-year old religion established in the Punjab region of northwest India...
View ArticleBeing in Iowa: Atheists
It’s impossible to put an exact number on how many people in the state describe themselves as atheist or agnostic. Many of them prefer to stay quiet about it. Iowa Public Radio correspondent Rob...
View ArticleBeing in Iowa: Hindus
The Hindu Temple south of Madrid is an eye-catching structure with plaster images of animals and deities carved all over the outside surfaces. It’s where 500 families pray to the God they call Brahman,...
View ArticleBeing in Iowa: Quakers
In the final segment of this week's "Being in Iowa," we meet some Christians who go by a couple of names. We know them as Friends or as Quakers. There are also two branches of this religion in Iowa,...
View ArticlePolice Confident Bodies are Missing Cousins
12/6/12 4:30 PM UPDATE: The Black Hawk County Sheriff's Department says they're confident that two bodies discovered Wednesday by hunters in a Bremer County wildlife area are those of Elizabeth...
View ArticleBeing Learning Disabled in Iowa: Treatment
A variety of teaching approaches are employed to help people who have trouble reading, writing or comprehending. Some of the pioneering research in the» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleBeing Learning Disabled in Iowa: Early Intervention
It’s estimated between six and seven percent of Iowa’s K-through-12 students have specific learning disabilities. This minority of kids are often separated» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleBeing Learning Disabled in Iowa: College
Iowa Public Radio is presenting Part Four in its week-long series “Being Learning Disabled in Iowa.” Yesterday we heard about the challenges faced by young» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleBeing Learning Disabled in Iowa: Adults
Today, Iowa Public Radio concludes its week-long series “Being Learning Disabled in Iowa.” Over the past four days, correspondent Rob Dillard has been» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleBeing in Iowa: Southeast Asian: Tai Dam
The number of Southeast Asians in Iowa received a boost almost 40 years ago, when about 1,200 refugees who were fleeing the Communist takeover of Laos and» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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