Missouri State Board of Education

Updated 9:40 a.m. — This story and the accompanying photo have been corrected to reflect the charter sponsors of the Confluence Academy network.Missouri’s…

Even though the St. Louis public school system is now fully accredited, the city school district continues to be run by a state-appointed…

Updated Nov. 7 at 3:55 with Nixon comments: No Missouri school districts scored in the unaccredited range on this year’s annual report cards, but that…

While state education officials try to work around obstacles that have blocked efforts to move control of the St. Louis Public Schools back to an elected…

Three more Missouri school districts scored in the provisional accreditation range and one additional charter school scored in the unaccredited range in…

Updated Sept. 14 with comments from Bill Monroe — The vice-president of the Missouri Board of Education warned the elected board of St. Louis Public…

The state board of education will discuss the stalled transition talks for the St. Louis Public Schools at its meeting Tuesday and could decide whether…

Updated at 9:30 p.m. Monday: After the most recent meeting broke up after just five minutes, talks about when, how and whether the elected board might…

Updated 8:50 p.m. Aug. 16, with results of an attempted meeting - A meeting to discuss moving the St. Louis Public Schools back under the control of an…

Schools seem to start classes earlier each year, but the results of student tests — and the annual district report cards that depend on them — will be…