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…
Education
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…
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”…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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.…