Ryan Delaney
Education ReporterRyan was a reporter on the education desk at St. Louis Public Radio, covering both higher education and the many school districts in the St. Louis region.
He has previously reported for public radio stations WFYI in Indianapolis and WRVO in upstate New York. He began his journalism career working part time for WAER while attending Syracuse University. He's won multiple reporting awards and his work, which has aired on NPR, The Takeaway and WGBH's Innovation Hub. Having grown up in Burlington, Vt., he often spends time being in the woods hiking, camping, and skiing.
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Public colleges and universities were already making do with fewer students and less state aid before the pandemic. Both of those dropped faster than expected in 2020.
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More St. Louis-area high school students will have the opportunity after the holiday break to learn from inside a classroom instead of their homes.
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The Leadership School won a charter from a divided state school board Thursday and plans to open as an elementary school in north St. Louis County next fall. It will be located somewhere within the boundaries of the provisionally accredited Normandy school district.
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With both traditional high school and college experiences upended by the pandemic, high school seniors are reconsidering where to apply for college this fall. And those who are still charging forward with ambitious college plans are doing so without the resume they had hoped would win over admissions officers.
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St. Louis Public Schools plans to close 11 schools in response to shrinking enrollment. Community pushback has been strong.
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School social workers and researchers say rates of depression among students are still higher than normal with remote schooling dragging on into the winter.
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Forest preschools have long been popular in Germany. Their perceived benefits are becoming increasingly enticing to American parents and educators.
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If approved by the Missouri State Board of Education, the Leadership School will open next fall as the first charter school outside St. Louis or Kansas City.
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European countries are closing bars and theaters in a second lockdown to try to regain control of the coronavirus. This time, they're trying to keep schools open.
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German students headed back to school after a two-month lockdown. Eight months into the pandemic, thousands of Missouri students are still learning from home.
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As COVID-19 cases spike yet again throughout the St. Louis region, several school districts are reversing or pausing the return to schools that was underway.
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St. Louis Public Radio’s Ryan Delaney is in Germany this month to report on how that country handles keeping its schools open.