Accreditation

Lawsuits brought by families who want the St. Louis school district to pay to send their children to an accredited suburban school district are in…

Updated at 4:57 p.m. with comments from DESE's Margie Vandeven; Peter Herschend, State Board of Education President; and Chris Nicastro, Mo. Education…

St. Louis public schools will find out tomorrow if they’ll regain at least provisional accreditation from the State Board of Education.St. Louis schools…

On Tuesday the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will consider granting provisional accreditation to St. Louis Public Schools, and…

On the heels of improving test scores and other accountability measures that were reported last month, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 19, 2012 - Even as the clock is ticking toward the district’s loss of accreditation on Jan. 1,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 16, 2012 - With the first 10 states winning waivers from Washington from the mandates of No…

Missouri lawmakers will again push legislation aimed at preventing an exodus of Kansas City and St. Louis students from their failing schools and…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 2, 2012 - Starting two years from now, Missouri school districts will have to meet stricter…

The State Board of Education has voted unanimously to keep the Normandy School District in St. Louis County provisionally accredited.Normandy may retain…