Kate Grumke
Education ReporterKate Grumke became St. Louis Public Radio’s education reporter in October, 2021. She grew up in St. Louis but spent more than five years covering politics and policy in Washington, D.C., most recently as a producer for the PBS NewsHour. Kate has covered two presidential elections and has reported from Cuba, El Salvador and Mexico. She won a 2019 National Murrow Award for her coverage of Oklahoma’s teacher walkout.
Kate graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and studied data journalism in Columbia University’s Lede Program. She is a huge fan of St. Louis’ food, architecture, museums and city parks.
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School boards throughout Missouri have had to make consequential decisions that sometimes were not popular around masking and remote schooling. -
A Missouri judge has barred local health departments from issuing orders to protect people during the coronavirus pandemic.
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A dozen school systems in the St. Louis area extended their Thanksgiving breaks this year. It’s part of an ongoing effort to address pandemic burnout among staff and students.
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At least four school districts in St. Louis are facing formal attempts to remove at least 21 books from school libraries. Two-thirds of those books are written by authors of color or authors who identify as LGBTQ.
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Missouri’s newest State Board of Education member, Kerry Casey, will be sworn in Dec. 7.
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School officials from several St. Louis-area districts said it’s still too early to make changes to pandemic policies as 5- to 11-year-olds begin to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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St. Louis Public Radio's Kate Grumke spoke with U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona as the Biden White House works to build support for the Build Back Better plan.
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The Ritenour school district superintendent said he's seen stress levels higher than he's ever seen them in 22 years at the district.
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Missouri’s Board of Education approved a new emergency amendment to give prospective substitute teachers the option to take a 20-hour online certification course to address a statewide substitute teacher shortage.
