Hiba Ahmad
Education ReporterHiba Ahmad covers education for St. Louis Public Radio. She’s spent most of her career working as a producer for NPR programs Weekend Edition, All Things Considered and the daily flagship podcast Up First.
Hiba is a Virginia native but is making St. Louis her home. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in broadcast journalism and is wrapping up her masters in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at George Mason University. When she’s not in a classroom or a school board meeting, she’s out exploring the city — in search of the next best place to eat. Send her some recommendations: @hiba_ahmad96 or hahmad@stlpr.org.
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Thornhill, who at times showed up to work in an Elvis Presley costume, was removed in part because of his repeated political statements in the courtroom. -
In addition to receiving the lump sum, Shelton will remain on paid leave with the district until his resignation takes effect on March 13. He was put on paid administrative leave on Sept. 25. -
VaNetta Clark, a PhD candidate at Washington University in St. Louis, curated an exhibit of artifacts collected by her former teachers at the Scullin School in the Penrose neighborhood. It was closed in 2003 and has fallen into disrepair as St. Louis Public Schools has struggled to sell it. -
Good Jobs First released its annual report, which found that St. Louis Public Schools is losing about $2,360 per student from tax incentives offered to developers. The St. Louis Development Corporation rebuffed the report’s findings. -
The three schools include Washington Montessori Elementary School, Yeatman-Liddell Middle School and Beaumont High School, which is home to some of the district’s career and technical programs. -
State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick’s office delivered a subpoena on Dec. 1 to the Board of Education demanding it provide an explanation for the former superintendent’s resignation and supplemental documents. The district said it will turn over all documents by the end of the week. -
Delaney, a career educator, stepped into the role just weeks before the start of the school year after former Superintendent Mike Dominguez's unplanned departure from the district. -
St. Louis Public Schools has proposed reopening at least three of the seven schools that were damaged by the May 16 tornado in January. Drone images and a tour inside two of the schools show the extent of the damage. -
District officials said Washington Montessori Elementary School, Yeatman-Liddell Middle School and Beaumont High School, which houses multiple career and technical programs, would be ready to reopen after repairs are completed next month. -
The Annual Performance Report awards school districts and charter school systems a score for factors such as academic performance, attendance and strong school finance. St. Louis-area superintendents said the scores don’t represent the full breadth of student achievement. -
The National Head Start Association released new data this month that shows over 3,700 students from low-income families could lose access to child care. Over 1,100 staff members could lose their jobs. -
In a letter shared with St. Louis Public Radio, Board of Education President Karen Collins-Adams listed a series of concerns about “an increasing pattern of unauthorized communications from you over the last several months.”
