Charter Schools

The O'Fallon Republican talks about charter school expansion, federal stimulus money and Missouri's photo identification requirement for voting.

The Webster Groves Democrat talks about a bid to expand charter schools and the challenge of getting kids back to in-person learning.

The school board's resolution asks for no openings of any public schools until a comprehensive strategy on public education in the city is created. It’s also symbolic.

Charters don’t get as much local revenue as traditional public schools. They also aren’t subject to the same state ratings.

The Leadership School won a charter from a divided state school board Thursday and plans to open as an elementary school in north St. Louis County next fall. It will be located somewhere within the boundaries of the provisionally accredited Normandy school district.

If approved by the Missouri State Board of Education, the Leadership School will open next fall as the first charter school outside St. Louis or Kansas City.

State officials say Mizzou isn't doing enough to ensure students at six charter schools, including two in Kansas City, are getting quality education.

Magnet, charter, neighborhood, choice: The different types of schools in urban public education can be a lot to decipher, even a few decades into the…

Carondelet Leadership Academy, a decade-old charter school in south St. Louis, will close permanently after this current academic year.The school’s…

State Sen. Brian Williams is the latest guest on the Politically Speaking podcast. The University City Democrat joined St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason…