Missouri AG targets school mental health surveys as ‘invasive’
In 2018, a rash of students in southwestern Missouri were dying by suicide. The Neosho School District wasn’t immune. “We were averaging about…
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Parson laments failure of transgender sports bill, ban on critical race theory; also leery of tax rebate plan, earmarks
Gridlock in the Missouri Senate doomed issues that the GOP should have used its supermajority to accomplish, Gov. Mike Parson…
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”…
Jackson’s Supreme Court hearing is flashback to how race, crime featured in Marshall’s 1967 hearings
In August 1967, U.S. Sen. James Eastland of Mississippi posed a question to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Thurgood Marshall during…
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. …
Some school systems pause diversity programs amid pushback
Conservative takeovers of local school boards have already altered lessons on race and social injustice in many classrooms. Now some districts…
Opinion: Does CRT make white students feel bad? Try being a Black student
Patrick recalled the horror he felt as a small child integrating a suburban school district. He rode the bus to…
Education committee puts early focus on parental rights, critical race theory
The first education debate of the 2022 legislative session featured hours of discussion on Tuesday of a proposed “parents’ bill…
More than 120 K-12 education bills already filed for 2022 Missouri legislative session
During the past year, concerns about COVID policies, critical race theory and controversial books have highlighted tension in public education.…
Lawmakers scrutinize Missouri social studies standards, school boards
Missouri lawmakers trained their focus this week on how school boards interact with the public and the ways in which…
1619 Project now coming out in book form
Thais Perkins is the owner of Reverie Books in Austin, Texas, and the parent of a middle school student and…
Opinion: Denying history is a major impediment in state legislatures, Congress
If you do not know your history or, worse still, know it but deny it, how on earth do you…
Advocates urge lawmakers to focus on inequity in education, not critical race theory
Educators, students and advocates urged state lawmakers Monday afternoon to focus on tackling larger issues of inequity across education rather…
Black Baptist group renews historic calls for civil rights
The Progressive National Baptist Convention marked last week the 60th anniversary of its forging in the heat of the civil…
Opponents of ‘critical race theory’ urge Missouri lawmakers to take action
A handful of parents pleaded with state lawmakers to take action on critical race theory in schools — an academic…
Southern Baptists pick president who worked for racial unity
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Southern Baptist Convention tamped down a push from the right on Tuesday at its largest…