Teachers

Several first-year teachers are documenting the start of their career as educators in audio diaries for St. Louis Public Radio.

Crestwood Elementary School physical education teacher Darrion Cockrell hasn’t just overhauled his school’s fitness program. His creative virtual education videos have also caught the attention of influencers such as Chance the Rapper and Ellen DeGeneres. Now, Cockrell has been awarded the distinction of Missouri Teacher of the Year.

“Teaching in Room 9” offers local students reading and math four days a week and social studies and science each Friday via the Nine Network. St. Louis' PBS affiliate boasts well over 350 episodes, and more than a half-million views from local students.

First-year teachers document the experience of starting a school year that’s like no other.

Brittany Woods Middle School feels too empty, too quiet, when teacher Anne Cummings comes to the school to maintain its garden.The building in University…

Dozens of St. Louis teachers clung to a sliver of shade offered by the administrative building of St. Louis Public Schools on Monday, clutching signs…

The teaching corps of St. Louis Public Schools is becoming older and whiter. And that concerns Superintendent Kelvin Adams.Adams has asked the state’s…

Low pay is the top reason teachers leave the classroom, a new survey of Missouri public school educators found.The state’s Department of Elementary and…

The union representing St. Louis Public Schools educators says half its members are being underpaid in violation of its contract.American Federation of…

Missouri’s education oversight board wants to better understand why one in seven public-school teachers in the state quit every school year.The State…