Missouri Learning Standards

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.

As Missouri school districts await state test scores they should have received months ago, some administrators said they're getting frustrated with the...

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 1, 2013 - Instead of insisting that only the legislature, not the department of education, can…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 20, 2011 - When Missouri education officials try for a third time to come up with a new set of…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 9, 2011 - As academic tests emphasize students' mastery of Tolstoy and trigonometry, teachers of…