-
School districts across the region say they are having difficulties covering classes as teachers and staff are out sick because of COVID-19. Some say Missouri should provide more flexibility to allow virtual learning.
-
St. Louis-area educators struggle to staff classrooms amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases stemming from the highly contagious Omicron variant.
-
Several school districts in the area are planning to hold virtual classes instead of calling off school because of snow.
-
Belleville Township High School, East St. Louis, Edwardsville, Brooklyn and some private schools have announced some of their students will return to virtual learning starting this week.
-
School boards throughout Missouri have had to make consequential decisions that sometimes were not popular around masking and remote schooling.
-
The U.S. Census Bureau published findings from a survey that found the rate of Black families swapping traditional learning with homeschooling between the spring and fall of 2020 was five times more than any other racial group in the country.
-
“We do not feel safe,” a parent said during a protest.
-
St. Louis-area schools will open their classrooms to students this fall. But some parents plan to keep their children at home to protect them from the coronavirus.
-
Tax dollars from cannabis sales in Illinois are now starting to flow to East St. Louis in the form of a grant bolstering programs to help students.
-
It’s highly likely some amount of virtual learning will be necessary next school year. But educators say their online schools are here to stay.