Education

At yesterday’s town hall meeting on the latest proposal to close more schools in St. Louis City, Deanna Anderson, St. Louis Public Schools’ Director of Operations, began the meeting by assuring everyone that no final…

An all-day diversity fair will be held Saturday, April 19 in honor of the 40th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The student governments of Harris-Stowe State University and Saint Louis…

St. Louis Public Schools has announced that revisions to the administration’s recommendations for school closings and consolidations will be announced next week. Superintendent Diana Bourisaw will lead two town hall meetings to unveil the recommendations…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE VIDEO The mayor’s education liaison’s PR event with a group of St. Louis Public Schools students Friday got a little too real when a parent asked why recently air conditioned schools were…

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…