Equitable education

Educators, religious leaders and Metro East officials gathered Tuesday in East St. Louis, where the poverty rate for children is three times the national average, to discuss potential solutions.

New research found the pandemic led to drops in the percent of kids who were receiving early intervention and early childhood special education, both nationally and in Missouri.

Darryl Diggs Jr. only had two African American male educators in his school years.He met the first one, a physical education teacher, in grade school —…