The status update from SLPS Superintendent Myra Berry was the third since the state downgraded the district to provisional accreditation.
- Monica Obradovic | Post-Dispatch
The board's approval followed a nearly two-hour discussion among board members and state and district officials on the merit of grading schools and districts with letter grades — and whether the framework ordered by Governor Mike Kehoe would accurately, and fairly, represent them.
- Blythe Bernhard | Post-Dispatch
If an agreement is not reached by Sept. 25, teachers and staff will initiate a work stoppage in the district of 3,000 students.
- Monica Obradovic | Post-Dispatch
The state Board of Education will vote Tuesday on whether to grade school districts on an A-through-F scale. The controversial proposal has raised questions about both fairness and accountability.
- Monica Obradovic | Post-Dispatch
Unionized graduate students at ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University would be in line for pay increases, an improved dental plan and additional parental leave under a tentative agreement announced Thursday.
- Blythe Bernhard | Post-Dispatch
The decision marks the third delay of the vote on the consolidation plan Future Ready SLPS, which would close 14 schools.
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Democratic leader calls Senate President Cindy O'Laughlin unqualified for job
Adolphus Pruitt of the ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ NAACP said the auditor's call for a new governance structure is biased against the majority-Black district.
The district is proposing to close 14 schools, end most magnet programs and limit transportation eligibility in fall 2027.
×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Public Schools is weighing the closure of more than a dozen schools. They have held community meetings and have tweaked the proposal. The school board is set to vote on the closures on Oct. 13.
The U.S. State Department announced that the private university is a founding participant of Foundry School, a new program designed to boost the country's manufacturing capacity through lectures presented by industry leaders at universities across the country.
An assistant principal at Hollenbeck Middle School is facing a criminal charge after authorities say he was caught possessing child sex abuse material.Ìý
Court documents allege an SIUE biology instructor used his university-issued creditÌýcard to pay for rent, pot, high-end kitchen knives
A Washington University in ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ professor charged with assault last year is denying the allegations, and accusing WashU of conducting a slanted investigation into him.
Alderwoman Alisha Sonnier will host a meeting Wednesday and SLPS will host two meetings later this month.
The talk between John Eastman and the Federalist Society, a conservative law group that has a at WashU, will focus on "barfare and other threats to our adversarial system of justice," according to a calendar listing on WashU Law's .
As electronic bicycles become more popular, some local school leaders are hitting the brakes. AtÌýleast four area districts have told students to leave the motorized transports at home.
Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick gave areas of ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Public Schools operations a "poor" rating. Catch up on the Post-Dispatch’s coverage and read the full audit for yourself.Ìý
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District leaders sold vacant buildings in secret and did not enforce bus safety violations among other citations in the audit.
School board members criticized the plan for ignoring gifted magnet schools and disproportionately affecting Black students.
The new proposal drops the number of school closures to 14, keeping open Adams, Bryan Hill, Humboldt, Jefferson, Laclede, Lyon and Peabody.
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A teacher's aide wasÌýarrested after he admitted to the FBI that he had been talking to the girl, who said she was 12 when they first met online,
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The first year under a new seclusion ban kicked off Monday at Special School District of ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ County with mixed feelings from staff.
About 20% of bond funding has gone to 22 schools proposed to close in 2027 under the district's Future Ready consolidation plan.
Children of teachers are more than twice as likely to enter the education field than children of non-teachers.ÌýIt’s rarer, however, for sons to follow their mothers into the classroom.
Vivo ×îÐÂÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ and Vivo Kansas City were stopped from opening this month by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
All three subjects improved over last year to proficient and advanced rates 45% in English, 44% in math and 42% in science.
The letter from McMahon called on university leaders to publicly commit to a set of principles aimed at "rebuilding public confidence and trust in higher education." It required university leaders to adopt or publicly detail planned reforms on admissions, affordability and academic rigor in the age of AI.Ìý