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How a Great City School District is Improving Student Achievement, Increasing Equity and Closing Achievement Gaps
Iowa, Des Moines Public Schools
Schools for rigor proven results
Serving More Than 10,000 Diverse Learners for Success
DMPS partnered with LSI to build capacity and prepare today’s students and educators for an increasingly global economy and society. With a large refugee community and more than 100 languages spoken in the school hallways, the goal was to make rapid progress toward becoming a national model for urban education. It worked. Here’s how.