The National Journal, which reports on politics and policy, is running a series of articles on innovative, grassroots programs throughout the country that help Americans get ahead. And they feature DMPS! The National Journal features the district’s work to …
Okay, who among us remembers what homeostasis means? Maybe if we’d learned it the way 7th graders were in science class at Harding Middle School on Thursday afternoon… To demonstrate how our bodies maintain internal equilibrium despite a wide …
As different as middle school and high school girls are, they seemed unified today in their appreciation of Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in the technology …
Wednesday was Fine Arts Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill in Des Moines. And DMPS sent some fine advocates indeed to share some of the abundant good news from the district’s Turnaround Arts cohort of schools with the Education …
Tuesday afternoon the sky was January gray and the temperature was below freezing. It seemed like an odd time for a solar story. And Wright Elementary School seemed like an odd place for something so scientific. After all, …
