Case Study | Des Moines Public School/Hoover High School In 2013, one of Des Moines Public Schools’ 10 high schools, Hoover High School, had a rare opportunity. Hoover High School submitted for, and won, a $50,000 grant from the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council to redesign learning environments and reinvigorate the district’s STEM Academy. The district then matched the state grant, giving Hoover High School a $100,000 budget to design spaces to inspire students to create and collaborate “We knew we wanted to create learning environments that would be similar to what our students may encounter in college or in their future careers,” said Maureen Griffin, the Science School Improvement Leader and STEM Administrator at Hoover High School. “Ultimately, we were able to design an

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