IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A $15 million gift from Des Moines businessman Richard O. Jacobson will bolster the teacher preparation program at the University of Northern Iowa, which should mean better-trained teachers in classrooms across Iowa, university officials said Wednesday.

The donation, the largest in school history, will be used to recruit top professors in reading and science education, fund research that seeks solutions to problems in education and give scholarships to encourage high-performing students to become teachers, officials said.

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