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A central Iowa high school student was rushed to a hospital this morning after possibly experimenting with a dangerous marijuana-like substance. It happened outside Des Moines East High School. Des Moines Public Schools spokesperson Phil Roeder says...

The musical instrument sitting in storage that served you or a loved one so well in high school has a second chance at life. A Des Moines Public Schools student may be waiting for an opportunity to play it in a marching band or an orchestra concert...

One of the oddest things about being in Iowa on the eve of the caucus is that every aspect of the process here, which is so astonishing and often absurd, is covered in such minute detail that it can all begin to seem a little mundane. There are so many...

Congratulations to Nosa Ali of Roosevelt High School/Central Academy on being one of 24 high school students from across the country selected for a prestigious Borlaug-Ruan Internship sponsored by the World Food Prize. For Nosa, who is completing her...

Des Moines Public Schools Gifted Middle Schoolers are being treated like guinea pigs in their experiment with standards based grading. Photo credit: Des Moines Public Schools (Public Domain)/Critter Camp at Windsor Elementary Mary Stegmier at the Des...