Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Missouri governor demanded the investigation of a journalist who alerted the state to a website security flaw, pegging the cost to the state at $50 million. Democrats say that number is unrealistic, and it’s not clear what the money would be used for.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch discovered a flaw that exposed Social Security numbers for more than 100,000 Missouri teachers and alerted the state before publishing its findings, but the state is calling the act an unauthorized hack.

Advocates said the groundwork for the office’s launch has been years in the making and will be a chance to transform the early childhood landscape.

Missouri’s ambitious school testing plan landed with a thud. What it can teach us now about keeping the delta variant out of classrooms.

Former educators said they have never encountered the teaching of critical race theory in their classes.

The state health department will offer public, private and charter K-12 schools a screening COVID testing program for the upcoming school year

In a hearing that only included witnesses on one side of the debate, lawmakers attempted to determine if concepts from a controversial legal framework have made their way into public school curriculum.

Under Givens' stewardship, the school added 13 academic degrees, including criminal justice, business administration and urban studies.

Preschool enrollment in Missouri is on the upswing, but spots in free preschool centers are still hard to find.

In total, nearly 150 areas across the state’s government agencies saw a reduction in their budgets, but with Monday's announcement, all funding is restored.