A key element of the school board’s oversight of Des Moines Public Schools is a series of recurring “monitoring reports” the board receives throughout each school year that summarize the ways and means of operating the largest, most …

Homecoming Week couldn’t have dawned any brighter at East High School than it did this morning – or more fragrantly! As students arrived on campus they were greeted by aromas wafting from a food truck of a different …

In 1973 Dave McGinnis and Mike Walag were brand new teachers. And McCombs was a brand new school. Now, 43 years later, they’ve both retired. Thursday McGinnis flew into town from Montana and the longtime friends and colleagues …

The student-poets that put Movement 515 in motion are typically seen doing their thing live. The finished products they perform are polished and ripe. But Thursday night was different. This time they were the stars of a documentary …

Perkins Elementary School teacher Zac Christensen has been named an Iowa finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation’s top honor for K-12 math and science teachers. If he wins the award, …