Education

Enrollment for Missouri-funded preschool programs fell during the 2021-22 school year, according to a new report by the National Institute for Early Education Research. Statewide pre-K and child care advocates hope recently passed legislation improves access.

On Monday, students danced across the stage at the magnet high school to remember the people they lost in the October mass shooting and to celebrate the ways they continue to heal.

The Gateway STEM students staged the protest to call for action on gun violence.

The investigation centers around the hiring of an assistant superintendent's son as a custodian after he was charged with one count of assault and battery in Oklahoma.

But providers say more money alone won’t solve access issues that many families face.

A director from the U.S. Department of Energy visited Parkway South High School this week to commend the district’s energy efficiency work.

Missouri is one of a growing number of places where government funding is being deployed as the newest weapon in the fight over books. Beginning May 30, a new state rule could deny state funding to libraries over books deemed inappropriate for young readers — although it's not clear how it will be enforced.

The school purchased a vehicle it calls the STEM Mobile that will take portable experiments and other hands-on science opportunities to younger students.

Some existing lessons on Native American history are incomplete and possibly inaccurate, according to many Indigenous people.

Three openly transgender educators in the school district say discrimination has forced them out of their jobs.