North High School students gathered around a small desk rigged with three computer screens, a steering wheel, gas and brake pedals. “Whoa!” the crowd said in unison as Cesar Marfal attempted to drive while texting. He crashed when …

First things first: STEM = science, technology, engineering and math … Educators from far and wide gathered Friday for the Iowa Statewide STEM Conference III at the Community Choice Convention Center in downtown Des Moines, and Hoover High …

Three Hoover High School teachers, one AmeriCorps volunteer and Principal Doug Wheeler sat covered in plastic, bracing for the Cool Whip facial to come.  They were center court in the gym at the last assembly of the year.  …

It’s poetry in motion. It’s a “dream come true,” according to the teachers who created the creative monster. It’s RunDSM in all of its many-splendored forms, the extracurricular offshoot that sprouted four years ago from a cutting edge …

The students in award-winning teacher Larry Beall’s award-winning Iowa Energy and Sustainability Academy at Central Campus took the opportunity of spring break to go on an extreme field trip to the Dominican Republic where they worked on a …