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Award winning learning

Posted on:April 14, 2022 Post categories: Uncategorized

Mind blown, award won, mic drop. How do you fathom a tree’s height when you are blind? Helping an IESBVI student understand this concept, naturalists at Benton County Conservation explained it was about 12 times the height of the boy. “His mind was kind of blown when he processed that,” said naturalist Aaron Askelson.  Through Zoom […]

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“Powerfully strong” score achieved for accreditation

Posted on:April 8, 2022 Post categories: Uncategorized

For the first time, Iowa Education for Deaf & Blind is seeking unified accreditation as an education service agency. In the past, both Iowa School for the Deaf and Iowa Educational Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired sought accreditation as special schools. The result? Official determination on accreditation status won’t be until June, but […]

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Interim superintendent update

Posted on:March 29, 2022 Post categories: Uncategorized

 John Cool was named interim superintendent at Iowa School for the Deaf (ISD) and Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired (IESBVI) by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa approval at its April 6-7 meeting.  Cool, a long-time former senior administrator at ISD/IESBVI, will begin serving as senior advisor on May 2 […]

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