Six years ago DMPS teachers Kristopher Rollins and Emily Lang took a summer trip to the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Festival in San Francisco. It was an exploratory mission. It laid groundwork. The next year a …
There was none to be had from the usual source so Oak Park Elementary School brought its own sunshine to the Northside this morning. Taking turns by grade level they “sprinkled happiness” throughout their neighborhood by waving signs …
Contributed by Brother2Brother African American boys are falling behind in almost every measure compared to other ethnic groups. In 2009, a Brother2Brother (B2B) chapter was established in the Des Moines Public Schools to address educational barriers experienced by …
Cowles Montessori School Upper Level (grades 4-6) teacher Adam Egherman has been named the 2017 Teacher of the Year by the Iowa Division of the Izaak Walton League of America. The Izaak Walton League was founded in 1922 to …
The 7th grade halls in Meredith Middle School were buzzing this week. Not with the usual teenage social gossip. Instead, everyone wanted to know who put up the strange flyers calling for the overthrow of the “corrupt system” …
