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Iowa ACLU SRO study finds Black students disproportionately arrested

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By Samantha Hernandez Verified
| Des Moines Register Verified
Black students are nearly four times more likely to be arrested than their peers in Iowa public schools with a school resource officer, according to a new American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa report.
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Waterloo read-in to showcase authors banned in some Iowa schools Original

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By Samantha Hernandez Verified
| Des Moines Register Verified
Authors whose work has been removed from schools around America, including Iowa, will headline the 1619 Freedom School Read-in at Waterloo West High School on July 18. The free event — now in its second year — will feature award-winning authors Jason Reynolds; Angie Thomas; Renée Watson, an Iowa native; and Nikole Hannah-Jones, 1619 Freedom School founder and Waterloo native, according the organization's news release.
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An Iowa family used an ESA for private school. Then they were rejected

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By Samantha Hernandez Verified
| The Daily Nonpareil Verified
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