Dreams are contagious. How else to explain the growth this year in Dream to Teach (D2T), the district’s innovative program aimed at grooming minority students for careers in education? “Last year, we had about 56 students in the …
This article is one in a series of reports on how support from the Wallace Foundation is making a difference at Des Moines Public Schools. In June 2014, DMPS was awarded a substantial grant by the Wallace Foundation to improve …
Congratulations to five DMPS teachers honored by the Rotary Club of Des Moines as the 2016 Educators of the Year during the club’s annual awards luncheon Thursday at the Wakonda Club. Each year the Rotary Club of Des …
Wednesday was Culture Day at Howe Elementary, another “It’s a Small World After All” event brought to you by the global ambassadors at CultureALL. CultureALL is a Des Moines-based non-profit organization that’s been shrinking the world down to …
You could call Rachelle Burk an all-class clown but then you’d also have to call her Tickles, her clownish alter ego. You could also call her a children’s author, storyteller and party entertainer. While visiting McKinley Elementary School …
