10th DMPS Educator Named Iowa Teacher of the Year The week at Hoover High School began with a pep rally. Students filled the bleachers. The marching band and cheerleaders fired up the crowd. Even the new Husky mascot …

Nearly 5,000 people work to provide and support a quality education to more than 30,000 students in Des Moines. From school administrators and educators to bus drivers and technology professionals to food and nutrition providers to financial experts, …

It’s a figure that almost always surprises people who work outside of the school district; more than 700 DMPS students are experiencing homelessness right now. By comparison, that’s more students than are enrolled in the majority of Iowa’s …

More than 50,000 students are in Indianapolis this week attending the National FFA Convention. Among them are five DMPS high school students competing for national honors. The Des Moines FFA Vet Science team placed first in the state …