Confluence Charter Schools

Last year, 120 children were shot in metropolitan St. Louis, by one organization's count. Now, educators are looking to students for input on how to stop gun violence.

The district doesn’t currently sponsor any charter schools, and the move would mark a change in the way it operates. Confluence Academies is looking for a new sponsor after the University of Missouri-Columbia decided to stop sponsoring charters.

Across the board, districts say the same types of teachers are difficult to find — high school science and math teachers, foreign language teachers and special education teachers. There is also a big demand for custodians, food service workers and other support staff.

A new research collaboration is focusing on how and why students leave St. Louis city schools before the end of the school year.

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

It’s not unusual to see several school buses crisscrossing St. Louis neighborhoods early in the morning, each carrying just a few kids.There’s a chance…

Updated 9:40 a.m. — This story and the accompanying photo have been corrected to reflect the charter sponsors of the Confluence Academy network.Missouri’s…

St. Louis is backing charter school parents in a legal dispute over how money from a 1999 city sales tax is distributed.St. Louis officials argue that the…

The St. Louis Symphony and Maryville University collaborated to create an 8-week music therapy program called “Life Compositions” to help students at…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 7, 2013: Grand Center Arts Academy says that despite protests, it will not rehire Lynne Glickert…