Teachers

Briana Morales, currently doctorate student at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and a high school teacher in East St. Louis, is Illinois' 2023 Teacher of the Year.

A nonbinary student teacher was told by an employee of the Fort Osage District that using gender-neutral pronouns was “too personal” and “too political.” Now, Olivia Jackson alleges that the school district discriminated by refusing to hire them because of their gender identity.

An East St. Louis music teacher, named Art Educator of the Year by the Arts and Education Council of St. Louis, is making stringed instruments and classical music accessible to all.

Teachers PJ and Jamie Creek put their classroom knowledge to work creating posters, and now authoring a book, about American history.

After a reporter identified a security flaw that exposed teachers’ social security numbers, Missouri said it would offer credit monitoring.

The Ritenour school district superintendent said he's seen stress levels higher than he's ever seen them in 22 years at the district.

TFA is known for placing recent college grads in classrooms for two-year assignments. Now, the organization says it will prioritize the 600 alumni in the region.

Two new educators reflect on the past school year through audio diaries.

Missouri Teachers began lining up Monday for coronavirus vaccines after teachers unions pressured the state to make them eligible sooner.

Increased recruitment, pay incentives and easing of certification requirements have helped fill the substitute teacher pool, but there remains a shortage of subs willing and ready to go into classrooms, especially during a pandemic.