The Iowa House of Representatives held a hearing last night on the state’s proposed education budget, which includes only a 1.25% increase in allowable growth for schools. Below is a copy of the statement submitted by Superintendent Tom …
There may be no grander example of partnership between a community’s private sector and its public schools than Des Moines Performing Arts’ APPLAUSE SERIES. APPLAUSE brings world-class performing artists and diverse art forms to DMPA stages throughout the …
A report released today by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities found big gains in schools taking part in the Turnaround Arts program. Findley Elementary School in Des Moines was one of the first eight …
Monday night you could either have gone to see the movie Selma, “now playing in theaters everywhere,” or you could have come to the North High School auditorium. Either choice would have set the mood of the civil rights …
The school colors are green and gold but there was an outbreak of those Cold Old Middle o’ January How Come Final Exams Come AFTER Winter Break Blues at Hoover High School all this week. Thursday after school …
