Francis Howell School District

The Francis Howell School Board plans to vote this month on the new curricula for its Black history and literature courses the district threatened to pull unless social justice standards from the Southern Poverty Law Center were removed. Some parents say while the changes aren’t bad, they’re worried the board won't approve them.

Dozens of students walked out of Francis Howell North High School as part of a protest against the school board’s decision to alter the Black history and Black literature courses after initially removing them.

Parents and students in the Francis Howell School District say they're concerned that the school board’s decision to change Black history and literature courses could “whitewash” Black history.

A school board member proposed a policy to require students to use bathrooms based on their sex assigned at birth.

In many school districts, there is a tense debate mounting over whether teachers should discuss the role racism and discrimination have played throughout our nation’s history.

Health departments in the St. Louis region are counting on school districts to track how the coronavirus is spreading within their hallways. In some districts, teachers and school bus drivers will keep detailed seating charts and daily logs of students’ activities.

In a dark classroom at Francis Howell Central High School, students are gathered around a glowing projector screen displaying a video game. On it, avatars…

Racial disparities are a huge topic in education. And Missouri schools — specifically those in the St. Louis area — have been singled out as having some of the nation’s highest rates of suspensions that are disproportionately allocated to African Americans.

As legal efforts continue to open the Francis Howell school district to students who want to transfer from Normandy, a new policy shift has increased the…

The superintendent of the Francis Howell school district says that if court rulings continue to favor transfers from the new Normandy Schools…