State commission told low pay, lack of support is fueling teacher shortage
Teachers, school administrators and advocacy groups on Wednesday laid out for a state commission a long list of grueling conditions…
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St. Louis Public Schools teachers to get big pay boost
Teachers in the St. Louis Public Schools district are celebrating a new contract that will provide the second highest pay…
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…
Lawmaker urges Parson to finally appoint cybersecurity commission
A day after Missouri Gov. Mike Parson garnered national criticism for his push to prosecute a newspaper reporter who discovered a security…
Opinion: Governor’s charge of a journalist hack is outrageous
I’m writing this column after one of the most vicious and unfounded attacks I’ve heard by a Missouri governor against…
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…
Opinion: A letter of encouragement, and some words of warning, to my fellow teachers
Nearly a month ago, I was asked to consider writing a letter of encouragement to teachers as they start another…
Schools to get $123 million as Parson releases budget withholdings
Missouri public schools will receive $123 million withheld from the state education budget, as Gov. Mike Parson announced Monday that…
Virus outbreak at Missouri schools forces some to turn online
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An increasing number of coronavirus cases among Missouri children is prompting some school districts to temporarily…
Teacher deaths raise alarm as new school year begins
(AP) — Teachers in at least three states have died after bouts with the coronavirus since the dawn of the…
Computer glitches disrupt classes as schools return online
HOUSTON (AP) — Students across the U.S. ran into computer glitches Tuesday as they began the school year with online…
City students will start on Aug. 31, but not in schools
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Public Schools are going all online. In a meeting Tuesday of the Board of Education,…
Parson clarifies comments on schoolchildren, virus
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson is clarifying comments he made in a radio interview in which he said…
Schools make flexible reopening plans for fall
MANCHESTER, Mo. (AP) — Administrators in the Parkway school district in suburban St. Louis spent the summer break crafting a…
Hundreds attend march started by teachers in Kirkwood
KIRKWOOD (AP) — More than 1,000 people poured into the streets Saturday in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood to…