Wednesdays are early dismissal days at Des Moines Public Schools to accommodate regular professional development for teachers. But more than 90 elementary teachers around the district have been staying after school too this year to enrich their math …

No classes all this week at Des Moines Public Schools during Spring Break, but DMPS wasn’t entirely idle. While many students and staff took the opportunity to enjoy vacations and staycations, many also participated in edu-cations during a week away from …

Twenty-two students from the five Turnaround Arts schools at DMPS were in Washington, DC March 9-13. They participated in the Turnaround Arts Talent Show, presented at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. DMPS photographer Jon Lemon went …

Thursday was a fully scheduled daydream for some 170 middle and high school students involved in the district’s Dream to Teach program. Launched in 2014, Dream to Teach is an extracurricular activity that aims to establish a supply …