Lawsuit challenges ballot summary of Missouri petition to bar private school vouchers
Proponents of an initiative petition that would ask voters to prohibit the state from issuing tax credits to offset the…
Education
Controversial administrative judge is replaced
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — An administrative judge who was part of a controversy in 2019 over a proposed law involving…
St. Louis charter school leader picked for Missouri Education Board
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — One of the leaders of a St. Louis charter school has been appointed to the state…
Parson continues attack on reporter who found security flaw in state website
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson once again on Sunday took aim at a reporter who notified the state of a security…
Schools debate: Gifted and talented, or racist and elitist?
NEW YORK (AP) — Communities across the United States are reconsidering their approach to gifted and talented programs in schools…
National school boards group apologizes for seeking federal help over harassment
WASHINGTON — The National School Boards Association is walking back its letter to President Joe Biden asking for federal help…
Missouri School Boards’ Association withdraws from national org over letter to Biden
The Missouri School Boards’ Association withdrew from its parent organization last week over a letter the national organization sent calling…
Harris-Stowe using pandemic funds to cancel student debt
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Harris-Stowe University is using federal pandemic relief funds to eliminate student debt from the last academic…
Cybersecurity expert demands apology from governor over hacking claims
A cybersecurity expert targeted for investigation by Gov. Mike Parson is demanding a public apology and payment for his costs for legal…
Parson doubles down on push to prosecute reporter who found security flaw
Gov. Mike Parson escalated his war with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Wednesday when his political operation published a video doubling down…
Missouri budget officials outline $50M cost of data breach
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Help for roughly 100,000 teachers whose Social Security numbers were made vulnerable in a massive state…
Can you live on retirement benefits as a Missouri teacher? It depends
As local school systems are dealing with a teacher shortage, a new report ranks Missouri and Kansas in the bottom…
Data breach prompts review at Missouri teacher pension fund
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Officials with the pension fund serving teachers and other public school employees in Missouri say they’re…
Schools with low test scores can have high student growth, report finds
Schools with a low percentage of students reaching proficient and advanced levels on Missouri standardized tests are also among the…
Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found flaw in state website
On Tuesday, a reporter with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch alerted the state that Social Security numbers of school teachers and administrators…
Four trends in public school enrollment due to COVID-19
When schools began the fall semester of 2020 – six months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic – many…