Education

How do we improve educational opportunities in St. Louis? That is one of the unanswered questions that has defined our region — as well as many other urban areas around the country — for more…

Washington University has named a new provost … and he’s the same as the last provost. Executive Vice Chancellor Edward S. Macias, the dean of Arts & Sciences, was named to the position, to begin…

A change is coming, yet again, for St. Louis City Schools. The St. Louis Public Schools Special Administrative Board has approved the plan for school reconfigurations, building closures and the school calendar for the 2008-2009…

St. Louis Public Schools’ “elected” Board of Education will meet noon, Saturday at the Gateway Classic Foundation, 2012 Martin Luther King Drive. The board is in the midst of putting the finishing touches on a…

The SLPS Administrative Facilities Committee has been discussing the possibility of school consolidations as a means of better utilization of school funds. Gundlach, Lyon, Mark Twain, Meramec, Mitchell, Shenandoah, Simmons, Blow and Wilkinson Early Childhood…

Apparently administrators at St. Louis Public Schools were the last to hear that the we’re in the middle of a winter ice storm. Less than two hours after school started this morning, they’ve announced kids…

By Tomminesha Matchingtouch A special education advocate accused public school programs in Missouri and across the nation of having a “wait to fail” model when it comes to educating the learning disabled. At a St.…

I’ve been slammed this week with other work so I apologize for letting this slip pass me, because this is a very big deal. KWMU reports: The Missouri Board of Education has voted unanimously to…

With all the drama surrounding St. Louis Public Schools any discussion on the subject sounds like a marvelous notion to kick off some progress, so education professionals are preparing their thinking caps for the latest…