Implicit in the dream that was shared half a century ago today was the new class that met this morning at Central Campus. It’s called Urban Leadership 101 and that’s an accurate enough course title given that the …

In today’s Des Moines Register, Superintendent Tom Ahart and Board chair Dick Murphy respond to a recent editorial in the newspaper that failed to tell the full story about the school district’s alternative contract for new teachers. Click …

No, Phillips kindergartners, it isn’t like this every day. Ask the old-timers in 5th grade and they’ll tell you that today was the first time everybody assembled on the playground and a voice boomed “Say cheese and pickles!” …

Were it not for the setting of the art room at Perkins Elementary a visitor might have guessed that the small group Sarah Dougherty was speaking to was made up of aspiring models because her remarks were sprinkled …

Opening Day 2013-14 for most DMPS schools, including all five of the comprehensive high schools, is Thursday, August 22, but lots of high school musicians got their marching orders long before then. Band camp opened in early August …