SLPS student wins top honors in global robotics competition
ST. LOUIS – Gateway STEM High School student Obike Anwisye has been selected as a 2021 FIRST Robotics Competition Dean’s List Award…
Education
New school voucher law offers tax credits to donors for private education
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri students could have access as soon as next year to scholarships for private schools through…
CDC study finds racial, regional disparities as schools reopened
WASHINGTON — After last year’s abrupt shutdown of schools due to the coronavirus pandemic, increasing numbers of students returned to in-person…
LGBTQ students challenge religious exemption to Title IX
While federal law shields most U.S. students from gender and sexual orientation discrimination, an estimated 100,000 LGBTQ students at religious institutions do not have…
Black bookstore marks Juneteenth as special day for nation, own anniversary
UNIVERSITY CITY – Jeffrey and Pamela Blair have two reasons to celebrate on Juneteenth. It’s the day the last slaves…
Fraternity leads cleanup effort at Black Illinois cemetery
MILLSTADT, Ill. (AP) — The winding, narrow road to Booker T. Washington Cemetery off Illinois 163 between Millstadt and Cahokia…
Homeless students slipping through cracks, congressional panel told
WASHINGTON — Witnesses before a U.S. House panel on Wednesday advised lawmakers on how federal relief aid can help bridge…
University of Missouri tuition to increase in the fall
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Tuition will rise in the fall at all four campuses for the University of Missouri, with…
SLPS seeks input on federal COVID-19 school funds
ST. LOUIS – The city’s public schools are getting money through the federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund…
Bill for limited Missouri school voucher program passes
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers passed on Thursday a bill to allow a tax credit program to help pay…
Momentum grows for closing gaps in U.S. vaccine requirements
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A law adopted this week in Connecticut adds momentum to the push to strengthen vaccination requirements for schoolchildren,…
Missouri pre-K programs meet high standards but serve few, study finds
Missouri’s state-funded preschool programs met quality benchmarks but have room to grow to serve a wider swath of children, according…
Missouri schools bill sparks debate over segregation, consolidation
As bills expanding charter schools and creating new scholarship accounts for private school tuition make their way through the process,…
State legislator fights move to share public school busing funds with charter schools
JEFFERSON CITY – State Rep. Marlon Anderson says an attempt to fix an equity issue for predominantly black areas such as his…
Vowell, Cousins, Davis picked for school board
ST. LOUIS – From a field of 10 candidates to fill three seats on the St. Louis Public Schools board,…
Missouri child care providers wait months for payment
For Aaliyah Bailey, a single mother in St. Peters, Missouri’s child care subsidy program wasn’t there when she needed it…