Three months into his tenure leading Des Moines public schools, Ian Roberts asked the district's board for emergency approval ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

Iowa's largest school district has said it filed a lawsuit against the consulting company it hired to find superintendent ...

The superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district, who was detained last week by immigration agents, was charged Thursday in federal court with possessing firearms while ...

Bluestem is the parent company for several online retail brands. Its St. Cloud location serves as a hub for retail items purchased through its Fingerhut brand, and it is one of the area's largest ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. For this package, we’ve been asking authors and illustrators to discuss the decisions influencing a single page or ...

President Donald Trump rejected former Vice President Kamala Harris’ claim in her new book that he privately praised her during a concession phone call, saying he was cordial but never described her ...

The parent company of Fingerhut, a once-mighty catalog and online retailer, plans to close its Eden Prairie headquarters and eliminate what's left of its metro workforce. Bluestem Brands informed ...

Authors say AI companies may not fully understand the risks they're taking. A new book by two artificial intelligence researchers claims that the race to build superintelligent AI could spell doom for ...

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten has received criticism over her new book suggesting President Trump is a fascist — which she’s been promoting in the wake of the ...