Education

The Missouri State Auditor’s office began an audit of the district on Aug. 13, and last week, St. Louis Public School District officials said they submitted the majority of documents requested by the office.

2023 Illinois Teacher of the Year Briana Morales was in seventh grade when she had a teacher who changed her life: by instilling a love of writing, a sense of hope — and inspiring her to become a teacher herself.

North county police took a minor into custody Monday in connection with a shooting threat against Normandy High. It’s the latest arrest amid a wave of school violence threats.

The St. Louis Board of Education voted 6-0 Monday to end Scarlett's three-year contract, following a third-party investigation into her hiring practices and other personnel matters.

According to Courage2Report, a Missouri statewide school safety initiative, there have already been 125 reported school violence tips between July and September — which is nearly as many as the number of tips reported in all of 2023.

Since 1991 there have been more charter schools to open than public schools in the city of St. Louis, but researchers from St. Louis University say more collaboration between the two could prove fruitful for educators and students in the city.

District officials revised their transportation system earlier this week, providing yellow buses for nearly 1,000 additional students.

St. Louis Public Schools welcomed 21 teachers from Ghana and the Philippines as part of its first cultural exchange program. These educators will fill teaching positions in middle school science, middle school math, and elementary classrooms to help address hard-to-fill vacancies amid a national teacher shortage.

Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick says he'll only investigate charter schools in the region if formal complaints show “specific problems” after union leaders sent a letter to the office in August.

SLPS Chief Operations Officer Square Watson said they would meet with transportation vendors on Friday about safety protocols after several public complaints arose about vendors running red lights and kids arriving late to school.