October is National Farm to School month, and National School Lunch Week is right around the corner! Farm to School encompasses nutrition education, local food systems and student involvement in growing school gardens. Des Moines Public Schools participates in …

When news came that President Obama would be visiting North High School we started researching for presidential precedents. There was an unconfirmed report that Teddy Roosevelt visited with some Greenwood students when he came to town in 1910 …

They’re baaack! Monday morning Kal Penn returned to Harding Middle School, just as he promised last April. And on Tuesday, members of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project were back at Madison Elementary School. “I’ll definitely be back,” Penn …

Though Dr. Greg Barord teaches about as far from an ocean as one can and still be part of a top-notch high school marine biology program, his heart has always been in the sea.  And when the Central …

Already the home of a career and technical institute that is a national model, Central Campus just keeps up the good work. Two more programs have been added this year, ones that seem unrelated at first mention but …