Education
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Bipartisan literacy bill grows to include open school enrollment
A bipartisan bill aimed at improving student literacy morphed into an omnibus education package after it was passed out of…
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Missouri Senate passes charter funding compromise, moving bill step closer to governor’s desk
A bill that would infuse charter schools with additional state funds is one step closer to becoming law after concerns…
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Student literacy bill winning bipartisan support among Missouri lawmakers
What started as a bipartisan effort to improve Missouri’s literacy rates through a children’s book has evolved into legislation that…
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Despite cost concerns, charter school funding boost still expected to advance
A week after senators celebrated a compromise to increase funding for charter schools, the estimated cost of the proposal stalled its progress…
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Amid curriculum debates, sweeping ‘parents’ bill of rights’ advances in Missouri House
As debates over school curriculum rage nationwide, the Missouri House granted initial approval Tuesday to a “Parents’ Bill of Rights”…
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Funding increase for charter schools poised to clear Missouri Senate after compromise
A years-long impasse over increased funding for charter schools was finally broken in the Missouri Senate, leaving proponents optimistic the…
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More than 1,500 books have been banned in public schools; U.S. House panel asks why
WASHINGTON — A U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee panel examined on Thursday why thousands of books, predominantly written by…
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Pause on federal student loan repayments extended by Biden through Aug. 31
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration announced Wednesday its plans to extend the pause on federal student loan repayments until…
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House Budget Committee rejects adding surplus revenue to Missouri public schools, colleges
Missouri’s record general revenue surplus was off-limits for spending plans as the House Budget Committee worked Thursday, defeating Democratic efforts to give…
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Upcoming U.S. Supreme Court cases could curb colleges’ use of affirmative action
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Supreme Court dominated by conservative justices could fundamentally reshape the college admissions process later this year when…
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Schmitt drops lawsuits against Missouri schools, St. Louis
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Attorney General Eric Schmitt has dismissed most of the more than 40 lawsuits he filed against…
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Most HBCU bomb threats may be coming from one juvenile, FBI official says
WASHINGTON — A top FBI official told members of a U.S. House panel on Thursday that the agency believes a…
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Expanded rural broadband likely to be a focus of federal farm bill
The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the need for federal assistance to develop high-speed internet connectivity in all parts of the country,…
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Missouri House narrowly sends open school enrollment, charter funding bills to Senate
A pair of education bills supported by school-choice advocates narrowly passed out of the Missouri House Wednesday, overcoming a diminished…
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Students with disabilities are not getting help to address lost opportunities
Even before the pandemic hit, 98% of U.S. school districts said they didn’t have enough special education teachers to serve all the…
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U.S. House condemns bomb threats made against HBCUs
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed on Tuesday a resolution condemning the weeks-long chain of bomb threats made to Historically…
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Former St. Louis teacher helping lead coalition pushing back on book bans
Heather Fleming, sitting on a bench in Forest Park, takes in the view on a warm early afternoon in February. …
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Schools left ‘scrambling’ after Missouri treasurer tied bond deals to AG’s COVID demands
It was just after 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, when the forms arrived from the state treasurer’s office.…
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Educators’ pension system writes off value of Russian assets
Missouri’s largest state-run public pension fund will assign a zero value to its approximately $91 million in Russia-tied assets because…
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Missouri Senate passes $4.6B spending bill with federal school funds, pay raises
With a deadline looming that could cost Missouri almost $2 billion in federal education aid, the bill to distribute the money passed the…
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Claim that reporter hacked state website was debunked, but Parson still says he’s a criminal
For four months, Gov. Mike Parson tried to convince Missourians that a reporter who discovered a security flaw in a…
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Flaw that exposed teacher data existed since 2011, report says
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A flaw in a state database that allowed public access to thousands of teachers’ Social Security…
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Some school systems pause diversity programs amid pushback
Conservative takeovers of local school boards have already altered lessons on race and social injustice in many classrooms. Now some districts…
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Historic Black children’s school receives $5 million grant
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A foundation has given a $5 million boost to efforts to preserve a colonial-era schoolhouse where…
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Exits by Black and Hispanic teachers pose new threat to COVID-era education
Lynette Henley needed one more year to receive her full pension after 40 years as a teacher, but she couldn’t…
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Prosecutor won’t charge reporter who uncovered teacher database flaw
A newspaper reporter targeted by Gov. Mike Parson for uncovering a security flaw in a state-run website won’t face criminal…
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HBCU leaders decry waves of bomb threats
WASHINGTON — Hours before the Southern Poverty Law Center held a virtual panel Tuesday about recent bomb threats made to…
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Bills aim to ban out-of-school suspensions through third grade
As a student in Hickory County R-1 school district, state Rep. Ian Mackey often struggled with following the rules of…
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Bomb threat forces hours-long shutdown at Harris-Stowe
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Harris-Stowe State University closed for several hours Tuesday after the historically Black school received a bomb…
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Justices to hear challenge to race in college admissions
The conservative-dominated Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the consideration of race in college admissions, adding affirmative…
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