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Missouri Lawmakers Ban Controversial Reading Instruction Model as Primary Method

Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri Lawmakers Create Pathway for Free Career-Tech Education

Annelise Hanshaw

Beloved by K-12 Leaders, The Four-Day School Week Fails to Deliver, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken

Kansas City Parents Push for Dyslexia to be Taken Seriously

Maria Benevento

After Elections, New Leaders Confront Old Problems in St. Louis

Kevin Mahnken

Amid National Voucher Push, Missouri Once Again Turns to Open Enrollment

Kevin Mahnken

Trump’s ‘School Choice’ Push Adds to Momentum in Statehouses

Robbie Sequeira

In St. Louis, Empowering Missouri Students to Learn the System – And Then Beat It

Lauren Camera

Report: Missouri Attendance Boundaries Discriminate Against Low-Income Students

Lauren Wagner

Republican Lawmakers Seek Further Expansion of Missouri Charter Schools

Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri Education Officials Lower GPA Threshold for Teacher Certification

Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri School Districts Show Improvement in Annual Performance Report

Annelise Hanshaw

A Los Padres De Habla No Inglesa Se Les Niegan Servicios Esenciales De Traducción

Amanda Geduld

Kansas City Public Schools Reports More Kids in Classrooms Third Year in a Row

Maria Benevento

St. Louis Schools Head into Uncertainty Following Superintendent’s Ouster

Kevin Mahnken

Kids in Poverty Often Lag in Reading. In St. Louis, They’re Even Further Behind

Chad Aldeman

Left Powerless: Non-English–Speaking Parents Denied Vital Translation Services

Amanda Geduld

Missouri Ed Department Says State Funding for School Year is $100 Million Short

Annelise Hanshaw

Do Some Kids Learn Better Online? A New Kansas City Virtual Academy Thinks So

Maria Benevento

Leadership Crisis Fuels Nightmare Start to St. Louis School Year

Kevin Mahnken

St. Louis NAACP Files Federal Complaint Over Black Students’ Low Reading Scores

Lauren Wagner

Missouri Standardized Test Scores Show Progress, Continued Challenges Statewide

Annelise Hanshaw

How One St. Louis Literacy Org Helps Black Students Become Proficient Readers

Sierra Lyons

Missouri Uses Money, Laws to Push Evidence-Based Reading Instruction

Maria Benevento

Kansas City Charter School Found Locking Up Phones Left More Time for Learning

Maria Benevento

Nearly 140,000 Missouri Kids Under 5 Get Free Books Every Month

Destinee Broaddus

Payment Backlog Leaves Missouri Child Care Providers On the Brink of Closing

Clara Bates & Anna Spoerre

Superintendent’s View: Designing a Learner-Centered Ecosystem in Kansas City

M. Jeremy Tucker

Missouri Approves Law Boosting Teacher Pay, Expanding Tax-Credit Scholarships

Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri Legislature Sends Charter Expansion to Governor’s Desk

Annelise Hanshaw

Exclusive: Over 80% of Women Leaders in Education Experience Bias, Survey Shows

Linda Jacobson

Missouri Senate to Boost Public School Funding in Private School Tax Credit Bill

Annelise Hanshaw

Research Study: Perception of Neighborhood Safety Can Shape Infant and Maternal Outcomes

K.C. Compton

How to Help Kids Traumatized by Kansas City Super Bowl Parade Mass Shooting

Maria Benevento, Trace Salzbrenner & Mili Mansaray

Missouri Lawmakers Want to Raise Teacher Pay but Anticipate Senate Resistance

Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri is Trying to Overhaul Reading Instruction. KIPP Got There First

Kevin Mahnken

Open Enrollment is the First Education Bill Considered By Missouri This Year

Annelise Hanshaw

Bill Would Open Missouri Public School Sports to Homeschool Students

Annelise Hanshaw

At Oasis, St. Louis Tutors Reach Across Generations to Foster Learning

Kevin Mahnken

Four-Day School Week Faces Scrutiny from Missouri Legislature & Education Board

Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri University to Soon Grant Scholarships to Private, Homeschool Students

Annelise Hanshaw

Bridging the Parent Perception-Child Performance Gap in St. Louis Schools

Lauren Wagner

Missouri Ed Leaders Say Social-Emotional Learning Guidelines an ‘Ongoing Discussion’

Annelise Hanshaw

More School Districts in Missouri are Switching to a Four-Day Week

Micah Barnes & Kate Cassady

Missouri Education Board Returns St. Louis-Area School Districts to Local Control

Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri Board Of Education Seeks to Clarify Social-Emotional Learning

Annelise Hanshaw

More Missouri Voters Are Losing Faith in Public Schools, New Polling Shows

Lauren Wagner

Schools, Teachers & Parents Need Rapid State Test Results. Why Are They So Slow?

Chad Aldeman

Lawmakers Consider Boosting Missouri Public Education Funding by $300 Million

Annelise Hanshaw

Ed Secretary Calls Digital Divide ‘Equity Issue of Our Moment’ During Kansas City Trip

Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri Takes Steps to Address School Safety Largely Through its Budget

Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri Parents Can Face Jail Time Over Unexcused Absences

Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri Approves ‘Innovation Waivers’ for Districts to Opt Out of State Tests

Annelise Hanshaw

Why 20 Missouri School Districts Are Seeking New ‘Innovation Waivers’ to Rethink the Way They Test Students

Lauren Wagner

Loss of Benefits Brings Missouri College Food Insecurity to the Forefront

Kristina Abovyan

Missouri’s Back to School Tax Holiday Pauses All Local Taxes for the First Time

Rudi Keller

Fair Funding Finally Flows to Charters — but the Window Won’t Stay Open Forever

Michael J. Petrilli

$78M Boost to Missouri’s Child Care Subsidy Slated to Reach Providers Next Month

Clara Bates

New Law Tackles Missouri Teacher Shortage by Encouraging Retirees to Return to Classroom

Annelise Hanshaw

Teachers Are Being Fined, Suspended for Quitting Before End of the School Year

Mike Antonucci

Pilot Program Gets St. Louis Students Thinking About Careers — in 9th Grade

Kate Rix

Red States Arm Teachers, Fortify Buildings in Another Year of School Shootings

Matt Vasilogambros & Madyson Fitzgerald

Missouri Supreme Court to Decide Whether School Districts Can Jail Parents For Absent Students

Annelise Hanshaw

Passing the Paddle: Some Missouri School Districts Cling to Corporal Punishment

Sofi Zeman

COVID Learning Loss: Missouri Scores Show Dramatic Drop in Student Performance

Joshua Parrish

Open Enrollment Gets Hearing in Missouri Senate

Annelise Hanshaw

Open Enrollment Legislation Wins First-Round Approval in Missouri House

Annelise Hanshaw

New Testing Data Show K-12 Student Performance Dropped Dramatically in Missouri

Annelise Hanshaw

In Debt Relief Case, U.S. To Argue Borrowers ‘Suffered Profound Financial Harms’

Linda Jacobson

Missouri Senate Advances ‘Parents Bill of Rights’ With Less Focus on CRT

Annelise Hanshaw

District-University Partnership Shakes Up St. Louis School Leadership

Marianna McMurdock

Another Symptom of Missouri Teacher Shortage: Growing Number of 4-Day School Weeks

Annelise Hanshaw

Missouri Republican Explores Legislative Push to Require Schools to Have Armed Security

Rebecca Rivas

COVID Slide: As Half of Students Fail Annual Tests, Pleas For Lawmakers to Act

Tessa Weinberg

As Districts Spend Relief Funds, Auditors Say ‘Business is Booming’

Linda Jacobson

LGBTQ Teachers Face Discrimination, Hate — and Their Own Fears

Ferial Pearson

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt Preparing New Round of School Mask Lawsuits

Rudi Keller

Sweeping ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’ Passes House in Missouri

Tessa Weinberg

Lawmakers Weigh Bills to Offer Suicide Prevention Training as Mental Health Issues Rise

Tessa Weinberg

Why the Next Farm Bill Is Likely to Emphasize Expanding Rural Broadband Internet

Jared Strong

Why One State Is Suing More Than 40 School Districts Over Mask Mandates

Tessa Weinberg

A Parents' 'Bill of Rights'? Missouri May Give Families More Say in Classrooms

Tessa Weinberg

Interview: Author Bonnie Kerrigan Snyder on Classroom Indoctrination

Kevin Mahnken

COVID Spurs Education Savings Account Bills in MO, 4 Other States

Wayne D’Orio

Ask the Doctor: How to Protect Young Kids from COVID

Asher Lehrer-Small

Delta Variant Marks ‘Most Dangerous’ Time in Pandemic for Unvaccinated Youth

Asher Lehrer-Small

Mask Confusion and a Lesson on Privilege in Schools

Ianne Salvosa

5 Key School Reopening Updates

Asher Lehrer-Small

Proposition R in St. Louis: Ballot Measure Creates First Public Funding Source for Education and Care for Children 0-5

Bryce Covert

An Electoral “Children’s Wave”

Elliot Haspel

Progressive Black Lives Matter Activist Cori Bush Scores House Victory in Missouri

Mark Keierleber

The National Math and Science Initiative Has Poured $52M Into Expanding AP Courses for Students Whose Families Serve in the Military. Here’s Why

Brendan Lowe