School Transfers

Two bills to address Missouri's student transfer law won approval late Tuesday — one in each chamber of the legislature. Both would require accreditation…

(Updated 3:09 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19)On Thursday, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced that it was changing the deadline for…

Missouri's top educator says the state may have to take emergency action in the wake of a circuit judge's ruling last week that declared the Normandy…

(Updated at 8:17 p.m. with reaction from Normandy and its interim superintendent)In unusually strong language, a St. Louis County judge has ruled that…

(Updated at 9:32 p.m. with Pearson quotes, resignation statement from McNichols)Normandy school superintendent Ty McNichols resigned from his post…

When Gov. Jay Nixon steps in front of the lectern for his seventh State of the State speech, he’ll be speaking arguably at the lowest point of his power…

When the Missouri General Assembly convenes next month, education will take its usual place as the center of concern for many lawmakers. Here are some of…

Renewed efforts to change Missouri’s law on school transfers look pretty much the same as the bill vetoed earlier this year by Gov. Jay Nixon, but…

The detailed form used by Normandy school administrators when they visit a classroom to observe district teachers starts out by saying: “It was a joy to…

As legal efforts continue to open the Francis Howell school district to students who want to transfer from Normandy, a new policy shift has increased the…