Education

A Democratic state representative from St. Louis claims school suspensions do no good and should be prohibited in grades K-3.

St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams will retire this month from the district he helmed for the past 14 years.

The school district has received conflicting information. The Army Corps of Engineers and consultants concluded that there is no radioactive contamination hazard at Jana Elementary School, but the author of a private report stands by its finding that there is a risk.

With her new documentary, Aisha Sultan encourages audiences to reflect on the ways the coronavirus pandemic radically disrupted learning and children’s development.

Family members of the gunman who killed two and wounded several others during a shooting rampage at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School recently asked police to take a gun from the home, interim St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief Michael Sack said Wednesday. They also had been monitoring his mental health and helped him get treatment and medication.

Clinical psychologist Marva Robinson shares tools and resources for people dealing with trauma from the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School shooting.

Parents, teachers, students and elected officials gathered for a candlelight vigil Monday night in Tower Grove Park after a shooting at Central Visual Performing Arts High School earlier in the day left two people dead and seven injured.

The test measures reading and math proficiency for fourth- and eighth-graders. It's administered every two years, but the pandemic delayed the 2021 report until now.

More Black parents in the U.S. and Missouri are choosing to teach their kids on their own terms. In this three-episode limited podcast, St. Louis Public Radio’s Marissanne Lewis-Thompson explores why more Black families are choosing to homeschool.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released its preliminary 2021-22 grade level and end-of-course assessments. Students are not performing at pre-pandemic levels.