Last year six schools piloted a districtwide transition to the Schools for Rigor curriculum model. North High School along with Findley, Perkins, Weeks, Howe and Lovejoy elementary schools blazed a trail that leads from traditionally teacher-centric classrooms to …
Des Moines Public Schools and the Houston Independent School District have at least two big things in common. First, both DMPS and HISD belong to the Council of the Great City Schools, an organization that brings together 68 of nation’s …
On Saturday morning more than 500 people headed off to work in Des Moines for a special once-a-year volunteer job: helping students stay on the path to graduate high school. The 9th annual Graduation Walk was held on Saturday, …
At Cowles, the only public Montessori school in the state of Iowa, all they are saying is give peace a chance. Okay, that’s not all they are saying, not by a longshot, but peace is a cornerstone of …
