Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Nurses in schools across Missouri say their students struggle to afford period products and have missed school because of periods.

New data from Missouri’s education department show how students have struggled during the pandemic.

Missouri workforce diploma courses are an alternative to preparing for an equivalency exam.

Education leaders want Missouri teachers to lean into research-backed literacy instruction methods, known as the science of reading.

Demographers say after years of a declining birth rate, the student population declines aren’t a surprise. Still, they have a big impact on the operations of schools.

The state’s commission on teacher recruitment and retention says Missouri should find a way to pay teachers more.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released its preliminary 2021-22 grade level and end-of-course assessments. Students are not performing at pre-pandemic levels.

Missouri’s average starting teacher salary ranks as one of the lowest in the nation. Educators recounted that new and veteran teachers often have to find second jobs to make ends meet.

It’s part of an effort to study the teacher shortage in the state and make policy changes to address high turnover rates.

At forums in Riverview Gardens and Normandy, community members came together to discuss attendance, teacher turnover and the state’s role in the school districts.