Education

Several school districts in the area are planning to hold virtual classes instead of calling off school because of snow.

The Asian community grew 37% in the past decade, and the region’s universities play a key role as an attraction. But there are many other things that make the area desirable.

Education advocates are hoping for a focus on schools in the 2022 legislative session.

Miranda Walker Jones has spent years working in public service in St. Louis. Now, she’s taking on a new role at the Little Bit Foundation, which she says is even more necessary to address the effects of the pandemic on education.

A new report highlights schools that have seen student growth in academics, despite higher percentages of students who qualify for a free or reduced-price lunch. It’s part of a push to focus on more than achievement scores.

The Missouri State Teachers Association surveyed teachers and found 51% consider leaving the profession often or very often.

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.

Missouri Bicentennial project launches a website that includes famous Missourians, historical events and narrative stories that helped shape Missouri’s history and culture.

Current and former students are playing a role in the Rolla school district’s $25 million construction project, adding to and renovating four buildings.

The Clay County Republican spoke on the large undertaking of spending billions of federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act, along with education issues he believes will be topics of discussion for the upcoming legislature.