Kate Grumke

As students came back to the building for in-person classes, one student processed what happened and what she needs to move forward.

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 district doesn’t currently sponsor any charter schools, and the move would mark a change in the way it operates. Confluence Academies is looking for a new sponsor after the University of Missouri-Columbia decided to stop sponsoring charters.

Some families were hoping students would be able to stay together after news that the school would close because of concerns of radioactive contamination, but instead they are being spread out across multiple schools.

The district has thousands of students who lack stable housing. Events like these are part of an effort to reach families and break down stigma.

St. Louis Archdiocese leadership said feedback from the community highlighted the need to postpone plans to close schools.

The toddler fatally shot himself in the head and is at least the 19th child to die by a gun in St. Louis this year.

The district’s chief of staff, Nicole Williams, will lead the district after Superintendent Kelvin Adams retires at the end of this year.

A local elementary music teacher picked up the ukulele during the pandemic and is now teaching it to all of her students at Henry Elementary School in the Parkway School District.

The visits from law enforcement didn’t result in any actions, but they highlight the potential stakes of Missouri’s new law criminalizing certain books in schools.

With a shortage of priests and low Mass attendance, closures and consolidations are likely. Church leaders are hoping to get input from the faithful.

This is the first school year in which all ages will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, but so far uptake has been lower for younger age groups.

The school district has a long list of building improvement projects it plans to address with the money.

TechSTL and Rung for Women are launching a survey to try to understand the barriers women face in the technology sector and in the broader St. Louis workforce.

As schools look for creative solutions to help students who are learning English, one local school district is exploring a teaching method that is popular in other parts of the country but has been slow to reach St. Louis.

Federal funding will help pay for the statewide initiative to keep kids in class this summer and help make up for pandemic-related learning loss.

An original version of the bill would have taken funding from St. Louis Public Schools, but lawmakers found a compromise that education leaders in St. Louis are happy with.

A local expert says parents can incorporate learning into their child’s day in small ways, to support their education.

In the greater St. Louis region, Southern Illinois University will help coordinate part of a statewide effort to provide tutors for students in districts that were highly affected by the pandemic.