Missouri State Board of Education

Updated at 9:40 p.m. Tuesday with comments after the meeting - Nine years after a three-member appointed board took over a dysfunctional, poorly…

Members of the Missouri state school board praised progress made by Riverview Gardens in recent years Tuesday but postponed any vote that could upgrade…

Riverview Gardens has made solid gains over the past two years, but Missouri education officials will not recommend that the state board upgrade the…

In 2007, the St. Louis Public Schools were placed under the control of a three-member appointed board. Its assignment was to fix problems in finance,…

After a lively discussion, the Missouri state school board agreed Tuesday to convene a meeting that could lead to the St. Louis Public Schools returning…

Updated at 3:50 p.m. May 17 with comment from state board membersA task force looking into better ways to accredit Missouri school districts says the…

When he opened Thursday night’s state hearing on the status of the unaccredited Riverview Gardens schools, assistant education commissioner Chris Neale…

After more than two years of sometimes contentious debate by lawmakers and educators, new Missouri learning standards won unanimous approval Tuesday from…

The superintendent of the Normandy school district says younger students there are making impressive gains, particularly in reading, because of learning…

Missouri education officials have 3,600 reasons to postpone approving proposed new learning standards for students in the state.That’s how many comments…