Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

The board’s legislative priorities appear to support legislation creating public-school open enrollment, but members are split on what the policy means.

A geolocation service registered 2.6 million uses of betting platforms in the first 24 hours of legal sports wagering in the state.

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.

Six of the 12 schools, including Gateway/Hubert Wheeler in St. Louis, had already been temporarily closed because of staffing issues.

Department of Secondary and Elementary Education officials said the data signals a turning point in a teacher shortage the state has struggled to address in recent years.

Academic performance at most public schools has improved, but attendance is not back to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from the Missouri Department of Secondary and Elementary Education.

Karla Eslinger, who served the past four years as a Missouri state senator, passed on a second term. She began her tenure as commissioner of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in June.

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is weeks behind in paying subsidies for child care centers and families. Centers already were facing financial issues.

The backlog, which has left daycare providers on the brink of closure, was originally supposed to be resolved by the end of July.

Some Missouri day care centers have been forced to shutter as state subsidy payments remain backlogged due to glitches in a new system.