School Suspensions

Children play in a preschool classroom at Commons Lane Elementary School in Florissant. The Ferguson-Florissant School District offers free half-day preschool but wants to expand offerings. Jan. 16, 2019.

Education

Bipartisan Missouri bills aim to ban out-of-school suspensions from pre-K through 3rd grade

Tessa Weinberg

While suspensions have declined over the past decade, disparities persist. Advocates are concerned the pandemic is giving rise to new forms of school discipline

Education

ACLU of Missouri report highlights racial disparities in school discipline

Black students in Missouri are four and a half times more likely to be suspended than white students, according to a report released Thursday by the…

Katey Finnegan demonstrates how to use the chill zone, a space where students can take time to regroup while at the Maplewood Richmond Heights district's Student Success Center.

Education

Missouri school districts eschew suspensions, turn to calming disciplinary techniques

St. Louis-area school districts are in the midst of a discipline revolution. After the Ferguson Commission in 2015 recommended banning suspensions for…

MCU's Dietra Wise Baker talks during a workshop on the problems in the juvenile justice system in Missouri on May 14, 2016.

Education

Parents, advocates call for clear district policies for reporting school incidents to police

St. Louisans working to reform school discipline and the juvenile justice system say they are pushing for clear district policies in response to…

Education

Rumors aside, school fights could already result in felony charges in Missouri

Warnings issued by two St. Louis County school districts Thursday sparked a flurry of concern that students who fight in school will be charged with a…