One year ago today, just before the start of Spring Break, Dr. Thomas Ahart became the first superintendent in the state to announce his district’s buildings would close for a brief time as a new virus was spreading …

The Winter sports season at DMPS may have been delayed as a result of online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, but on December 23 practices resumed and play soon got underway. In girls’ basketball, two teams in particular …

Like many things in life over the past year, high school forensics has gone virtual for 2020-21. Rather than speeches and debates being presented to a room of judges, they are done in front of computer screens. But …

A lot of adjustments have been made to support people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Report cards should be no different. Sarah Dougherty, the director of secondary teaching and learning at Des Moines Public Schools, explains why an “F” …