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Iowa BIG school exceeds enrollment goals for first semester in new location
CEDAR RAPIDS—Nearly a year ago, the Iowa BIG school’s headmaster Shawn Cornally set out to get 50 or 60 students enrolled for the fall semester…
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BIG, Cedar Rapids schools partner for alternative approach to education
School has been back in session for awhile, but you won’t find students in the Big Ideas Group hitting a mid-semester slump. On any given day one student may be recording an album while another gears up to participate in the Google Science Fair. In August the supplemental education program, formally called the Big Ideas…
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New Cedar Rapids school to offer alternative approach, start June 24
Former educators Shawn Cornally (left) and Trace Pickering are bringing students back into the classroom for the summer with their latest “big idea,” aptly named The Big Ideas School. Set to begin its first session June 24, the program promises …