One year ago Read to Succeed was launched, a partnership between public schools and the United Way of Central Iowa with the objective of raising reading proficiency among 3rd graders from 75% to 90% by 2020. Thursday morning the …

Spring has always been an artsy time of year in the district. End-of-year concerts for bands and orchestras and choirs ring out like heralds for the coming summer and proof of another year’s growth and development. Portfolios burst …

Track and field action returns to the blue oval as the Drake Relays get underway. Student-athletes representing all five DMPS high schools will be in action, competing in 13 different events on Friday and Saturday. DMPS qualifiers to …

Leo Manzano was born in Mexico, grew up in Texas and ran as a U.S. Olympian in both Beijing and London. He’s been the first to cross all sorts of finish lines: track, school, citizenship. And Monday morning a …

The RAILS Academy is the 9th grade branch of Lincoln High School, but Thursday the frosh blazed a trail for the upperclassmen when more than 500 of them signed up for the school’s first (annual?) Day of Service. Here’s …