Missouri State Board of Education

The Missouri State Board of Education agreed earlier this month that K-12 social-emotional-learning standards are an essential part of the school day. Now, its members are worried politicization of the phrase “social-emotional learning” may complicate the public comment period.

The school districts want to use a new Missouri law to get out of the Missouri standardized tests and experiment with a different system.

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.

The Missouri State Board of Education’s Teacher Recruitment and Retention Blue Ribbon Commission's inaugural meeting was initially not going to be open to members of the public.

School districts across the region say they are having difficulties covering classes as teachers and staff are out sick because of COVID-19. Some say Missouri should provide more flexibility to allow virtual learning.

The Missouri State Board of Education voted to allow Riverview Gardens School District and Normandy Schools Collaborative to have two locally elected members on their governing boards.

Missouri’s newest State Board of Education member, Kerry Casey, will be sworn in Dec. 7.

Community leaders have been upset with recent leadership decisions and lobbied the state board for changes.

The Leadership School won a charter from a divided state school board Thursday and plans to open as an elementary school in north St. Louis County next fall. It will be located somewhere within the boundaries of the provisionally accredited Normandy school district.

Essential workers don't have to quarantine as long as they don't have symptoms. Declaring teachers essential would keep them in classrooms even after having close contact with someone who has COVID-19.