St. Louis Public Schools will not close any schools during this school year, according to district officials. To repair and maintain school buildings over 20 years would cost the district $1.8 billion, according to an architecture firm that is reviewing school buildings in the district.

Karla Eslinger, who served the past four years as a Missouri state senator, passed on a second term. She began her tenure as commissioner of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in June.

Washington University’s School of Law launched the Veterans Law Clinic to provide free legal services for veterans.

More than 500 St. Louis University teaching and research assistants will be part of the Graduate Workers of SLU union.

The school board president for Special School District in St. Louis County has resigned. Katie Pottroff has served as president since 2023 and has been a member of the board since 2019. She said she is leaving her position to focus on her family.

Harris-Stowe State University is no longer at risk of losing its accreditation after an independent review found the school had made improvements to help student performance.

State funding for many school districts in the Metro East have been increasing since Illinois revamped how it funds education under former GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner.

The Fort Zumwalt School District has announced that Henry St. Pierre will be its next superintendent. The announcement comes after its current superintendent, Paul Myer, said he planned to retire at the end of the school year.

Students at Forsyth School in St. Louis learned about how elections work by holding an election of their own for their school mascot — Freddie the Falcon.

The report card is a big part of Illinois' school accountability system and assigns schools one of five categories according to their performance.