From a slightly later start time for elementary students to the end of early dismissals on Wednesdays to new programs to help more students earn a high school diploma, a new school year means some new things ahead. …

We reported last week on an event involving the Northside feeder schools that was coordinated under the auspices of Iowa Legal Aid, the district’s powerful new partner in overcoming every possible obstacle to student achievement. DMPS Community Schools …

Education is a complicated business, one that can bog down in data, jargon and pedagogy that are critical for practitioners but difficult to share with laypeople. Sometimes they are easier to illustrate than explain. The look on a …

Mid-August in Des Moines means an annual event that attracts folks from all across the state and beyond to one of Iowa’s destination venues for an experience that no summer around here is complete without. The State Fair? …