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Head Start teacher Chea Wyatt guides Kennydi Harris through an exercise June 23, 2017 at the East St. Louis Kindergarten readiness camp.

Missouri State Board of Education Lowers The Bar For Substitute Teachers Amid Pandemic Shortage

The state board approved the emergency rule on Tuesday with a 5-2 vote. President Charlie Shields opposed the change, warning the rest of the board it will likely become permanent.

A new report says more than 35% of Missouri students don't have adequate internet connectivity for virtual learning. 070420

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Poor Internet Access Keeps 36% Of Missouri Students From Learning At Home, Report Shows

Even fewer Missouri students have reliable internet connectivity than previously thought, according to a new report from the nonprofit Common Sense…

Missouri Education Officials Tell K-12 Schools To Expect More Cuts Heading Into Next School Year

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The state is also trying to figure out how to count attendance for the upcoming school year, when schools could close intermittently to slow new spreading of COVID-19.

A counselor guides a camper toward the playground during a summer camp Aug. 1, 2019, at the Carondelet YMCA. Summer camps and school programs are up in the air because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Schools Are Already Out. But What About Summer School And Camps?

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Parents are anxiously looking at the summer calendar for when they can get kids out of the house and into the responsible watch of teachers and summer…

Brian Reed, Rockwood School District's digital learning director, gives out computers on March 22 in preparation of distance learning. All school buildings in the state will remain closed for the rest of the academic year.

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Missouri School Buildings Will Remain Closed For The Rest Of The School Year

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Missouri schools will not reopen for the remainder of the academic year, Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday afternoon."I am ordering all Missouri public…

Students cheer during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Rockwood School District's new Eureka Elementary School on Aug. 28, 2019.

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Missouri Ed Department Makes Updates to Its School Accountability Measures

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Missouri has an updated rubric for measuring whether school districts are educating kids the way they should be.The State Board of Education approved the…

Jeff Konkel left public relations to become a middle school English teacher. He's a resident at KIPP Inspire Academy and will have his own class next year.

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Recruitment And Salary Increases Part Of Effort To Retain Teachers In Missouri

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Updated Jan. 9 with information about teacher recruitment effortsMissouri education officials have a handful of ideas on how to get more people interested…

Students in the Teen Advocates for Sexual Health group participate in discussion about gender identity, sexual violence and other aspects of sexuality during a meeting on Nov. 6, 2019.

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St. Louis-Area Teens Get Mixed Messages About Consensual Sex

Twice a month, about 50 high schoolers gather at Planned Parenthood in midtown St. Louis to attend a sort of alternative sex education class. The students…

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

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Missouri Charter Schools Warn Of Funding Cliff As Their Enrollment Grows

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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…

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Missouri School Board Wonders How To Help Provisionally Accredited Districts

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Only nine of Missouri’s 518 public school districts lack full accreditation from the State Board of Education. But some of those districts have been there…