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Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public RadioAfter the end of pandemic-era free meals, schools are reporting rising school meal debt and fewer kids in their free and reduced price programs. -
Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public RadioThe University of Missouri System is halting the use of diversity statements in its hiring practices. UM President Mun Choi said in an email Monday that officials will now send a “values commitment” to job applicants instead of DEI statements.
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The Hazelwood School District announced the decision at its school board meeting earlier this week. It comes about five months after a report found radioactive contamination at the school in north St. Louis County that is near Coldwater Creek. -
135 students at Waterloo High School lined up last Friday to protest a school policy that allows transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.
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Highcroft Ridge Elementary School is the first school to implement new school building codes that will help first responders.
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The St. Louis medical school joined Stanford, Harvard and other institutions that earlier this year said they would not provide data to be included in U.S. News & World Report’s medical schools ranking. Wash U officials say the list is outdated and doesn’t accurately reflect the school’s values.
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Nurses in schools across Missouri say their students struggle to afford period products and have missed school because of periods.
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Southwestern Illinois College and St. Louis Community College will open new facilities to train people in areas such as computer-aided design. Local business leaders expect advanced manufacturing to grow into one of the region’s critical industries.
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New data from Missouri’s education department show how students have struggled during the pandemic.
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Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday highlighted a proposed grant program that would direct $70 million per year over the next three years to school districts facing the greatest teacher shortages.
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Black students at Eureka High School are upset that the Rockwood School Board eliminated its diversity and inclusion programs and want the school board to replace their programs or implement new ones. The students say that racist incidents at their school are weighing on them and that they need more diversity programs, which are safe spaces for them.
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On Tuesday, the justices will hear expedited arguments in a challenge to the Biden plan brought by six states — Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas and South Carolina.
