Lift for Life Academy

Three charter schools are enrolling students this summer before opening their doors for the first time in August.Two schools will be run by longtime…

When St. Elizabeth Academy, an all-girls Catholic high school closed in 2013, some of the alumnae and former staff wanted to keep the educational…

After nearly two decades of practices in borrowed space and games far away, Lift for Life Academy held its first home sporting event Wednesday.“This is a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon. - For Marshall Cohen, the word dumbbell has two distinct meanings.The exercise equipment played a big…

This artcile first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 7, 2013 - For Marshall Cohen, the word dumbbell has two distinct meanings.The exercise equipment…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 9, 2012 - You wouldn’t expect a guy whose nickname as a kid was “D-minus boy” to end up as head…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 10, 2011 - So you're fed up with hearing about how kids in St. Louis have no quality public…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 21, 2011 - A car accident in 1989 left John Mann, then 23 years old, in a coma for a week.…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Following weeks of English and math drills, tens of thousands of public school students are sweating…