“I’ve been wanting to focus more on diverse history opportunities for students, or what I call ‘changing the historical narrative,’” said Central Academy social studies teacher Canada Snyder. That led to this: “…Canada Snyder was selected as one of …

This article is one in a series of reports on how support from the Wallace Foundation is making a difference at Des Moines Public Schools. In June 2014, DMPS was awarded a substantial grant by the Wallace Foundation to improve …

More than two dozen parents, educators, community members and even a Girl Scout troop gave two hours of their Saturday to learn how to access their legislators and advocate for Des Moines Public Schools students. The Community Legislative …

The true outcome of Saturday’s first annual Urban Dreams Classic at North High School won’t be determined until May when a couple of scholarship awardees are announced. In the meantime, we can report that DeLaSalle High School from …