My name is Patrick Hogan. I'm an education journalist working in Cedar Rapids for SourceMedia Group, owners of The Gazette and KCRG.

My main focus right now is our Iowa Transform ED project (http://www.iowatransformed.com), and I'm looking for stories of students, parents, teachers and administrators doing innovative and transformative things in Iowa relating to education. Always happy to talk to people working in education, so go ahead and drop me a line.

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