Education funding

Missouri schools rank 49th in the nation in funds they receive from the state according to a report from State Auditor Nicole Galloway.

Education

Missouri Ranks Next–To-Last Nationally In Funding K-12 Schools, State Auditor Finds

Jodi Fortino

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The state auditor said lack of funding from the state shifts the burden to Missouri residents, who end up paying higher property taxes to support their schools.

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri House OKs State-Sponsored Scholarships For Private School, Excludes Rural Areas

Jaclyn Driscoll

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The legislation creates what is called the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Account and falls in line with the Republican effort of so-called school choice.

A new study shows that the income gap between young adults who go to college and those who don't only continues to grow.

Additional $10 Million To Go To Missouri’s A+ Scholarship Program

Jaclyn Driscoll

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The program is designed to help Missouri students attending a community college or technical school.

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri House Approves $1.2 Billion Supplemental Budget, Now It Heads To Senate

Jaclyn Driscoll

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The Missouri House on Tuesday passed a $1.2 billion supplemental budget with a vote of 133-4. Most of the money is federal coronavirus relief funds.

A child grabs his backpack on his first day of preschool at the Affton Early Childhood Center on Aug. 13, 2019.

Education

Efforts, Funds Growing For Expanding Early Childhood Education Across St. Louis

Ryan Delaney

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There’s a swelling momentum to increase the number of children under the age of 5 receiving free early childhood education in the St. Louis region.State…

Children wait in line to grab their backpacks and find their classrooms during the first day of school at the Affton preschool center.

Education

Community Group Wants St. Louis Region To Spend More Money On Pre-K Education

Chad Davis

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A community organizing group wants St. Louis and St. Louis County to spend more money on early childhood education.In a report released Thursday, WEPOWER…

Children draw at City Garden Montessori school. The school plans to increase enrollment from 276 students to 2,500 over 10 years.

Education

Missouri Charter Schools Warn Of Funding Cliff As Their Enrollment Grows

Ryan Delaney

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The Biome School, a small, independent public charter school in St. Louis, has to rely on donations for a quarter of its funding to educate 178 students.…

Rachel Shriver works on homework at the UMKC Student Union. She's majoring in finance and wants a college degree to provide a better life for her two kids. She'll also have about $50,000 in loans to pay off.

If Missouri College Students Could Party Like It's 1999, They'd Save About 61% On Tuition

Aviva Okeson-Haberman

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Rachel Shriver is set to graduate from the University of Missouri-Kansas City next year but she’s already thinking about how her two kids are going to...

Erica Williams is the founder and executive director of A Red Circle; David Dwight is the lead strategy catalyst at Forward Through Ferguson; and Colin Gordon is the author of "Citizen Brown."

Government, Politics & Issues

How City And School District Boundaries Separate St. Louisans

Emily Woodbury

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In 2008, with his book “Mapping Decline,” history professor Colin Gordon brought context to the issues of vacant houses, boarded-up storefronts and…

Education

Missouri education department wants to rev up school transportation funding

Ryan Delaney

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Funding for running school buses in Missouri could return to state funding goals within five years if the state education department’s request to the…