Teachers

At Ritenour High School, a program is encouraging former students to return as teachers.

A 2016 Missouri law allows school districts to punish teachers for breaking employment contracts.

Missouri pays its teachers some of the lowest salaries in the nation, and many educators are leaving the profession.

Three openly transgender educators in the school district say discrimination has forced them out of their jobs.

Briana Morales, currently doctorate student at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and a high school teacher in East St. Louis, is Illinois' 2023 Teacher of the Year.

A nonbinary student teacher was told by an employee of the Fort Osage District that using gender-neutral pronouns was “too personal” and “too political.” Now, Olivia Jackson alleges that the school district discriminated by refusing to hire them because of their gender identity.

An East St. Louis music teacher, named Art Educator of the Year by the Arts and Education Council of St. Louis, is making stringed instruments and classical music accessible to all.

Teachers PJ and Jamie Creek put their classroom knowledge to work creating posters, and now authoring a book, about American history.

After a reporter identified a security flaw that exposed teachers’ social security numbers, Missouri said it would offer credit monitoring.

The Ritenour school district superintendent said he's seen stress levels higher than he's ever seen them in 22 years at the district.