Kate Grumke
Senior Education ReporterKate Grumke became St. Louis Public Radio’s education reporter in October, 2021. She grew up in St. Louis but spent more than five years covering politics and policy in Washington, D.C., most recently as a producer for the PBS NewsHour. Kate has covered two presidential elections and has reported from Cuba, El Salvador and Mexico. She won a 2022 Peabody Award and was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Award for her coverage of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. She also won a 2019 National Murrow Award for her coverage of Oklahoma’s teacher walkout.
Kate graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and studied data journalism in Columbia University’s Lede Program. She is a huge fan of St. Louis’ food, architecture, museums and city parks.
Follow Kate on Twitter: @KGrumke
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A new report found Missouri’s rural teachers are paid better only than those in Arkansas. -
Washington University, St. Louis University, the Zoo and other local institutions are bringing kids into Forest Park to show them wildlife can thrive in urban areas.
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The board says it was not given proper notice in the charter school’s application process.
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Since the 2018-19 school year, the Hazelwood School District has sharply increased its rate of investigating student residency eightfold, deploying a team of employees who can use intrusive tactics.
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A school board member proposed a policy to require students to use bathrooms based on their sex assigned at birth.
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Hundreds of community members, students and alumni from Central Visual and Performing Arts High School and Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience mourned the lives lost one year after a deadly shooting at the south St. Louis schools.
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Students at Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience are processing difficult emotions as they reflect on the upcoming anniversary of the deadly shooting in the school building they share with Central Visual and Performing Arts High School.
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The St. Louis University team discovered microplastics in water and sediment in a cave that had been mostly closed to humans for 30 years.
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A change in USDA policy will make it easier for schools to offer free meals to all students, but they will still have to pay for part of the cost.
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Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra visited St. Louis on Wednesday.
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A series of fights prompted district administrators to close Alton High School last week. On Tuesday, students return to class with new metal detectors and more staff in hallways between classes to increase safety.
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A new tutoring initiative in the Ferguson-Florissant District is focusing on both academics and mental health for students.
