Last year’s maiden voyage of the DMPS Summit on School Climate and Culture included 1,200 passengers. The encore edition that opened this morning at the Iowa Events Center drew nearly 2,000, more than 700 of them from outside …

Des Moines is known for its bridges, the longest of which stretches all the way to our sister city in Japan, Kofu. Students and teachers from the two towns have been crossing it back and forth since 1983. …

“All hands on tech!” That might as well be the rallying cry at the 5th annual Tech Camp happening all this week at Central Campus. Because it is nothing if not hands on – and techie. Each July, Tech …

Monday afternoon the auditorium at Central Campus was empty. On stage, an overmatched box fan whirred. The space was warm. The air was unconditioned. Microphones stood by, waiting to be grabbed by the throat. Then the exceptional septet …