St. Louis Public Schools board president Toni Cousins files for reelection amid turmoil in district governance stltoday.com/news/local/edu… via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Today is the last day to register to serve on the St Louis School Board. The election is in April. Top three finishers will win seats.

SLPS board of education: A study in contradictions

Dozen candidates file for St. Louis Public Schools board, but not vice president Matt Davis stltoday.com/news/local/edu… via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

History made.

St. Louis Public Schools board member resigns, calls out unethical behavior stltoday.com/news/local/edu… via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

President of St. Louis School Board defends credit card spending after member resigns stltoday.com/news/local/edu… via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Not just the spending but spending that violated policy

Applications are open to fill the remainder of Sadie Weiss' term on the SLPS board through April 2027: powerforms.docusign.net/9d97bba8-306b-…

As taxpayer-funded private-school vouchers and "education savings accounts" spread across the country, a group of small companies has sprung up to chase the lucrative contracts to manage the programs for states, with uneven results. I took a tour through this murky new landscape:

St. Louis Board of Education names Millicent Borishade permanent superintendent stltoday.com/news/local/edu… via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Minor previously told St. Louis Public Radio that increased operational expenses and stagnant/declining enrollment contributed to the Edwardsville campus’ $10.3 million shortfall. Here’s my September story on financial strains at SIU Carbondale and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | SIUE. stlpr.org/education/2024…

St. Louis teacher training program slashed in Trump administration’s education cuts stltoday.com/news/local/edu…

St. Louis County woman among 12 dead after storms rampage across Missouri #stlwx stltoday.com/news/local/met…

Stunning image by Robert Cohen in Bridgeton, the same community that got slammed by the Good Friday tornado in 2011.

Excellent work by Blythe Bernhard stltoday.com/news/local/edu…

Mrs. K Murph There should be more discussion about this. Here are two sets of questions from from the New York State Grade 5 ELA. One is from 2007, the other from 2024. Quite the juxtaposition.

From 2012: Geier pushes a debunked theory that autism is associated with mercury in childhood vaccines. His research advocating Lupron to reduce testosterone that binds to mercury has been discredited by the American Academy of Pediatrics. stltoday.com/news/local/stc…

While public school systems have to educate whomever shows up, Loyola is selective. And not only do the prospective students have to take exams and ace the interviews, but the families have to pass muster.

“A column published this past Sunday about tornado recovery and Black Lives Matter didn't live up to our standards. We shouldn't have run it.” stltoday.com/opinion/column…