Education

The Noir Bookshop is placing a book vending machine in book deserts around St. Louis beginning next month to boost literacy in communities of color.

Public school enrollment is relatively flat this year, compared to last year. But it is still down from recent years, and experts say more decline is likely coming.

Seven student groups at St. Louis-area universities are calling for their leaders to sever ties with Boeing because of the weapons manufacturer’s connections to Israel.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid form — often referred to as the FAFSA — will go live by the end of the month, but that’s only because the application is being simplified, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

The cost-saving measures enacted by the private Clayton-based university will reduce the next two fiscal year's budgets by more than $2 million combined.

St. Louis University High School freshman DeJuan Strickland used stimulus money from the COVID-19 pandemic to publish his first comic book, "Tech Boy," in 2021. In addition to his work in comics, Strickland has led several initiatives to eliminate school lunch debt.

A new report found Missouri’s rural teachers are paid better only than those in Arkansas.

Program organizers said it solves two problems — it gives students a chance to enter the workforce and provides employers the opportunity to find badly-needed help.

One of the biggest issues facing the local education system is the growing number of teachers needed — especially special education and bilingual teachers, as well as paraprofessionals.

As advocates are eager to expand eligibility for use of public funds for private schools, MOScholars participants face months-long waits for tuition aid.