Des Moines Public Schools is the grand prize winner in the 25th annual Magna Awards, the top honor presented by the National School Boards Association. DMPS is being honored by the NSBA for the district’s work around educational …

A blue panther and a banana walk into an elementary school … It’s no joke. Besides the latest dusting of snow, a rare pair of maître ds greeted students at Oak Park Elementary School on Thursday morning. The …

Besides the usual reading, writing and ‘rithmetic of old school curricula, DMPS students are afforded learning opportunities in an ever-widening range of disciplines nowadays. Monday and Tuesday offered a couple of off-campus cases in point. On Monday, a …

Congratulations to Cowles Montessori 7th grader Shreeya Yarlagadda, who qualified for the semifinals of the 2019 National Geographic GeoBee Iowa State Competition to be held at the University of Northern Iowa on Friday, March 29, 2019. This is the …