DMPS breaking news for five hundred, Alex… And the answer is: Central Academy 7th and 8th grade English teacher Jill Gilbert… BZZZ… Who is the DMPS teacher who will appear in the (pre-taped) quarterfinal round of the JEOPARDY! Teachers Tournament …

Few places are fuller of life than an American high school. Last fall the President of the United States came to this one – North High – because it has been so alive of late. But death came …

Tim Dwight has been fast all of his life. He was the fastest kid in school growing up in Iowa City, later the fastest one in the state and the fastest one in the Big Ten when he …

Along with the fragrance of everything blossomy you can almost smell the educational adrenalin this time of year. Tuesday night a couple of strong whiffs of it were in the air downtown. Hundreds of DMPS students/Kidstriders toed the …

Des Moines Public Schools will send a fleet-footed contingent representing all five high schools to this week’s Drake Relays. Student-athletes from East, Hoover, Lincoln, North and Roosevelt will be competing in nine different events at this year’s Relays. …