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public opinion

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

Lauren Wagner
analysis

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

Chad Aldeman
Missouri

Lawmakers Consider Boosting Missouri Public Education Funding by $300 Million

Annelise Hanshaw
Missouri

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

Annelise Hanshaw
Missouri

Missouri Takes Steps to Address School Safety Largely Through its Budget

Annelise Hanshaw
Missouri

Missouri Parents Can Face Jail Time Over Unexcused Absences

Annelise Hanshaw
Missouri

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

Annelise Hanshaw
Missouri

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

Lauren Wagner
Missouri

Loss of Benefits Brings Missouri College Food Insecurity to the Forefront

Kristina Abovyan
Missouri

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

Rudi Keller
Analysis

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

Michael J. Petrilli
Missouri

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

Clara Bates
teacher shortage

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

Annelise Hanshaw
Union Report

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

Mike Antonucci
st. louis

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

Kate Rix
school safety

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

Matt Vasilogambros & Madyson Fitzgerald
school attendance

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

Annelise Hanshaw
Missouri

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

Sofi Zeman
COVID Slide

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

Joshua Parrish
Missouri

Open Enrollment Gets Hearing in Missouri Senate

Annelise Hanshaw
Missouri

Open Enrollment Legislation Wins First-Round Approval in Missouri House

Annelise Hanshaw
Missouri

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

Annelise Hanshaw
student loans

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

Linda Jacobson
Missouri

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

Annelise Hanshaw
st. louis

District-University Partnership Shakes Up St. Louis School Leadership

Marianna McMurdock
Teacher Retention

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

Annelise Hanshaw
armed teachers

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

Rebecca Rivas
education

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

Tessa Weinberg
American Rescue Plan

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

Linda Jacobson
discrimination

LGBTQ Teachers Face Discrimination, Hate — and Their Own Fears

Ferial Pearson
Pandemic

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

Rudi Keller
Missouri

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

Tessa Weinberg
Missouri

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

Tessa Weinberg
broadband

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

Jared Strong
Pandemic

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

Tessa Weinberg
critical race theory

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

Tessa Weinberg
The 74 Interview

Interview: Author Bonnie Kerrigan Snyder on Classroom Indoctrination

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

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

Wayne D’Orio
Pandemic

Ask the Doctor: How to Protect Young Kids from COVID

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

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

Asher Lehrer-Small
Pandemic

Mask Confusion and a Lesson on Privilege in Schools

Ianne Salvosa
Pandemic

5 Key School Reopening Updates

Asher Lehrer-Small
EDlection 2020

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

Mark Keierleber
Missouri

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