The latest results from the Iowa Assessments – the state-wide test that measures student proficiency in reading and math – show that students in Des Moines are moving in the right direction. Data from the tests were presented …

The popular image of cemeteries depicts them as somber, even spooky places where love and grief are buried in equal measure. They’re usually quieter than libraries are supposed to be. But not when a busload of middle school …

Smouse Opportunity School is well known for the annual feast it hosts the week before Thanksgiving. So it should come as no surprise that the school knows how to throw a tailgate party on the day before the …

Coming off the freeway this morning en route to Goodrell Middle School the sun was rising as unstoppably as a powerful memory. The gigantic American flag at the Perkins on East Euclid drooped at half-staff liked a bowed …

The unofficial results of yesterday’s School Board Election show Connie Boesen and Rob Barron as the top vote getters for the two at-large seats, Toussaint Cheatom elected to the District 2 seat and Teree Caldwell-Johnson elected to the District …