(AP) — Missouri health officials added 1,362 COVID-19 cases to the state’s confirmed total on Wednesday as the number of people known to have contracted the virus reached 96,475. The…
Category: Education
Teacher deaths raise alarm as new school year begins
(AP) — Teachers in at least three states have died after bouts with the coronavirus since the dawn of the new school year, and a teachers union leader worries that…
Computer glitches disrupt classes as schools return online
HOUSTON (AP) — Students across the U.S. ran into computer glitches Tuesday as they began the school year with online instruction at home because of the coronavirus threat, adding to…
College-age COVID-19 cases top 7,000 in Missouri
(AP) — More than 7,000 college-age people in Missouri have tested positive for the coronavirus since classes resumed in mid-August, fueling spikes in confirmed cases in the state’s college towns,…
Charter school founder admits inflating attendance
PEABODY DARST WEBBE (AP) — The founder of the defunct St. Louis College Prep Charter School, 1224 Grattan Street, admitted Wednesday that he reported inflated student attendance numbers that resulted…
Kennard Classical Junior Academy drops Confederate officer's name
NORTH HAMPTON (AP) — A charter school in St. Louis named after a Confederate Army lieutenant is getting a new name. Kennard Classical Junior Academy, 5031 Potomac St., is a magnet…
No parties, no trips: Colleges set COVID-19 rules for fall
As they struggle to salvage some semblance of a campus experience this fall, U.S. colleges are requiring promises from students to help contain the coronavirus — no keg parties, no…
City students will start on Aug. 31, but not in schools
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Public Schools are going all online. In a meeting Tuesday of the Board of Education, SLPS Superintendent Kelvin Adams told board members that despite the…
Catholic schools here plan in-person classes
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The Archdiocese of St. Louis announced on Monday plans to resume in-person classes next month even as one area Catholic school deals with a coronavirus outbreak.…
Schools make flexible reopening plans for fall
MANCHESTER, Mo. (AP) — Administrators in the Parkway school district in suburban St. Louis spent the summer break crafting a flexible reopening plan, with options that include full-time classroom learning,…
Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students
BOSTON (AP) — Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the administration of President Donald Trump rescinded on Tuesday a rule that would have required international students…
Trump threatens to pull tax exemption for schools, colleges
In his push to get schools and colleges to reopen this fall, President Donald Trump is again taking aim at their finances, this time threatening their tax-exempt status. Trump said…