Testing

Schools in Missouri are still rebounding from the pandemic's impact on student learning. State education leaders say they're also grappling with student mental health issues, chronic absenteeism and teacher shortages.

EAST ST. LOUIS — The city will have its first coronavirus testing site up and running by the end of the week, Mayor Robert Eastern announced this morning.…

Students grumble about having to take another test. Turns out, teachers do, too.About a third of St. Louis Public Schools’ elementary-level buildings are…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 2, 2011 - I wish everyone could spend a half hour or so with the dry, yellowing pages of Stephen…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 15, 2011 - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- As proposed changes in the way Missouri rates its school…

Students pushed to the limit. Burned out teachers. Worried parents. These are the characters in Race to Nowhere, a documentary screening at community…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 1, 2009 - The Ricci v. DeStefano decision is as much about psychometrics as it is about race.…