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Belleville’s two public high schools have doubled the number of low-income students and students of color in advanced placement courses in the coming…
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Chantel Courtney and her two sons took a wrong turn at Normandy’s back-to-school fair last weekend in search of getting her eighth-grader a vaccination.…
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Signs along the road leading to one of the new elementary schools in the Wentzville School District advertise newly constructed homes for sale. It’s…
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As children and teens across the St. Louis area enjoy their last few days of freedom before school resumes, districts are putting teachers — old and new —…
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Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville has morphed over the last decade from a commuter college into a regional university that attracts out-of-state…
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St. Louis-area school districts are in the midst of a discipline revolution. After the Ferguson Commission in 2015 recommended banning suspensions for…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: July 17, 2008 - To many elementary school students, the crackle of pushing a shiny fresh pencil on…