Ozarks-area school district struggles as Doe Run fights its property tax bill
A school district in the northeastern Missouri Ozarks that’s relied on property taxes from nearby lead mining for years is struggling to make do with significantly less funding. And it’s starting to...
View ArticleNew law gives charter schools leeway to enroll more disadvantaged students
Missouri charter schools will now be able to give preference to poor or struggling students in its lottery admissions system. That change was part of an omnibus education bill signed into law last week...
View ArticleKairos Academies wins sponsorship to open charter school in south St. Louis
Two former Teach For America corps members will have a chance to bring a different model of public education to a part of south St. Louis they say is underserved. The Missouri Charter Public School...
View ArticlePerspective and excitement for Kenyan teens on volunteer trip home
Sally Gacheru is wearing a black t-shirt with the Kenyan flag embroidered on it: red, black and green, with a shield in the middle. “My pride being a Kenyan is so high,” she said, "so I try to wear a...
View Article‘It’s reshaping the way I see teaching’: Wash U program aims to improve...
Natalia Cantu attaches electrodes to a cockroach leg and taps its spiky hairs with a paintbrush. The neurons in the leg fire rapidly in response, appearing as sharp peaks and valleys on her smartphone....
View Article‘Any of those kids could have been me’: College scholarship program nears...
When Stephanie Regagnon of Kirkwood was in her 20s, a jury found her mother guilty of a federal crime and sent her to prison for four years. The family maintains that she is innocent. The first time...
View ArticleSchool district uses Missouri law to arm staff for first time
A Missouri law adopted four years ago to arm school staff was used for the first time this summer. It’s a step one school district took to increase security after a debate on protecting students flared...
View ArticleSwitch in background check provider leaves school workers waiting for...
Tenele Griffon rested his head on an umbrella as he sat on a wooden bench at the end of a line of people in DuBourg Hall at Saint Louis University. He was supposed to start his new job as a bus driver...
View ArticleMissouri is one of 4 states that don’t allow teachers to be lawmakers
Missouri public school teachers educate their students on civics and the workings of government, but those same teachers aren’t allowed to participate in governing the state. Missouri is one of four...
View ArticleAs Illinois tackles teacher shortage, research points to loan forgiveness
Like many states, Illinois is facing a teacher shortage. The Illinois State Board of Education estimates more than 2,000 positions remained vacant during the 2016-17 school year, including teaching,...
View ArticleOn trip to Kenya, St. Louis teens give back, reconnect with roots
It hit them that they were back home as soon as they were off they off the plane and in the crowded Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. “And there was a long queue [at customs], a long,...
View ArticleScreening students for dyslexia now required for early grades
Kelli Unnerstall’s son showed signs of dyslexia in kindergarten but was not formally diagnosed until fourth grade. In the meantime, “his frustration with school was growing every year,” she said. “He...
View ArticleParson touts working with lawmakers to adjust 2 bills he vetoed
During a statewide tour on Tuesday, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said he wants work with lawmakers to fix two bills during next week’s special session. Parson vetoed a bill to increase STEM education in...
View ArticleSt. Louis senator blocks state school board appointee, citing 'time for fresh...
Updated Sept. 17 at 11:30 a.m. with comments from State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed — State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed objected to one of the governor’s four appointments to the Missouri State Board of Education,...
View ArticleMissouri education department wants to rev up school transportation funding
Funding for running school buses in Missouri could return to state funding goals within five years if the state education department’s request to the legislature is fulfilled. Missouri education...
View ArticleWith room for more students, Lutheran North adding middle school option
Lutheran High School North will add middle grades onto its campus in north St. Louis County next year, even as nearby Lutheran elementary schools struggle to attract enough students to stay open. There...
View ArticleAfter 18 years of away games, Lift for Life Academy gets a gym of its own
After nearly two decades of practices in borrowed space and games far away, Lift for Life Academy held its first home sporting event Wednesday. “This is a huge deal for us. We’ve been waiting — gosh,...
View ArticleGroup of St. Louis residents want transparency in education spending
St. Louis Public Schools’ budgeting process is too insular for parents and teachers to understand and contribute to, a group of north St. Louis residents claim. That group, under the banner Better...
View ArticleFinding a suitable schoolhouse in St. Louis can be 'the real snag for charter...
When St. Elizabeth Academy, an all-girls Catholic high school closed in 2013, some of the alumnae and former staff wanted to keep the educational tradition alive with a charter school. But that...
View ArticleFerguson-Florissant School District approves plan to close some buildings
All three high schools in the Ferguson-Florissant School District will remain open but a number of other buildings will close. The Ferguson-Florissant Board of Education approved one of three proposed...
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