The Alternative Teaching Contract (ATC) offered by Des Moines Public Schools is attracting national attention and rightly so. Most recently it was highlighted by The Atlantic and its sister publication, the National Journal, in a report of innovative …
There aren’t many school activities that begin at 5:30 a.m. and even fewer that require a student to be in uniform, ready to think and move on command. But that’s the life of a Central Campus JROTC Red Bull …
Infinite Campus is a helpful online tool Des Moines Public School parents can use to access their student’s attendance, grades, transportation information, and more. When parents talk with their children about the information found on Infinite Campus, it …
Last Friday after school a constellation of “shining star” 5th grade students field-tripped to the Science Center of Iowa to help formally dedicate and reopen its Star Theater Planetarium. It was the latest in a series of missions under …
When the C-SPAN “Road to the White House” tour bus – a combination interactive museum and TV studio on wheels – pulled into the parking lot at Roosevelt High School this afternoon, it marked the end of a …
