Let it not get lost in the shuffle of state legislatures convening and presidential administrations transitioning that this is Teacher Appreciation Week. That important stretch of a generally cold page on the calendar is certainly not lost on …

Cold winter days get us thinking about warm evening meals, and DMPS students are happy to help you with the menu. Students enrolled in the Central Campus Environmental & Agricultural Sciences Academy and Future Farmers of America (FFA) …

Monday, January 16 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. There are no classes for students at Des Moines Public Schools on Monday, and teachers and associates do not report. DMPS offices will be open. However, even though it is …

Des Moines Public Schools is becoming a lean (but not mean) educational machine thanks to the efforts of lots of people, but Emma Knapp, in particular, has earned an exclusive bit of recognition. In her role as the …

Classes resumed around the district on Tuesday after the annual winter break – with six notable exceptions. The cohort of demonstration Schools for Rigor (Findley, Howe, Lovejoy and Perkins elementary schools; Weeks Middle School and North High School) …