Charter Schools

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 9, 2012 - You wouldn’t expect a guy whose nickname as a kid was “D-minus boy” to end up as head…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 20, 2012 - The recent news of the closures of all six Imagine Schools, Inc.-operated charter…

More than 3,500 students will be displaced when a network of St. Louis charter schools run by Virginia-based Imagine Schools Inc. is shuttered in a…

The Missouri Senate has passed bills that would allow for more charter schools in the state and would also allow the state to take over failing school…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 17, 2012 - The vote by the Missouri Board of Education to shut down the Imagine charter schools…

Will be updated.Updated at 4:44 p.m. with additional reporting.Updated 2:59 p.m. with additional comment from Imagine's executive vice president.The…

The Missouri Senate has endorsed legislation that could allow charter schools to be formed outside of Kansas City and St. Louis.In a voice vote Wednesday,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 30, 2012 - As students at the charter schools sponsored by Missouri Baptist University get…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 29, 2012 - Missouri Baptist University, which faced the possibility that its authority to…

Missouri’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says Missouri Baptist University will relinquish its sponsorship of four charter school…