Samantha Hernandez
State Education Reporter at Des Moines Register
@dmregister state education reporter, rural school researcher, Iowa’s Book Ban Battle, TBI survivor. Past @spencer_fdn fellow, @dcadvocatenews, @gbpressgazette
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Samantha Hernandez
After 70 years, Des Moines Public Schools' student-run radio station, KDPS 88.1 FM, is ceasing operations. The station's closure is attributed to the retirement of its longtime manager, technological advancements, and ongoing costs. The FCC has approved the sale of the station's spectrum, appraised at $750,000. For 70 years, Des Moines Public Schools, the student-run radio station KDPS 88.1 FM has filled the airwaves with tunes and commentary. Now, it is signing off for the final time.
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3 weeks ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Samantha Hernandez
Des Moines Public Schools plans to create signature schools with specialized focuses like STEM and dual-language immersion. The district's Reimagining Education plan also includes closing some schools. Des Moines Public Schools has unveiled its plan to shift the focus of nearly a dozen schools to specialize in high-interest academic areas such as the arts, science and math and dual-language education.
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1 month ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Samantha Hernandez
Students at seven Des Moines Public Schools will welcome new principals at the start of the 2025-26 school year. The hirings are in line with the district's strategic plan and its ongoing Reimagining Education initiative, according to a district news release. Over the next decade, Des Moines Public Schools expects to spend an estimated $683 million on its Reimagining Education, Reinvigorating Schools plan that will close some schools and revamp others in response to declining enrollment.
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1 month ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Samantha Hernandez
Career day for Callanan Middle School seventh grade students included the usual lineup: a nurse, a real estate agent, an entrepreneur, a former baseball player — two Grammy award-winning artists, Bangladesh and Slipknot's Sid Wilson. You know, just your standard career day speakers.
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1 month ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Samantha Hernandez |Michaela Ramm
More than 100 hundred Iowa students are being educated outside the state. When Iowa schools sometimes have to look outside the state when they cannot meet students mental health care needs and no local resources are available. Roughly 400 miles from her family's generational farm in Clarion, Nicole Woodley feels she can finally breathe.
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