The Commissioner of the Missouri Department of Education, who had previously been diagnosed with cancer, has learned the disease has advance quickly and has become quite ill, according to a spokesperson.
The ranks of America's home-schooled children have continued a steady climb over the past five years, and new research suggests broader reasons for the appeal.
Students at a Belleville, Illinois school will get a chance of the lifetime today when they talk with a Belleville native who is on the International Space Station.
The U.S. News and World Report annual best high schools list is out and several St. Louis metro schools were given top grades.
A district executive says St. Louis public schools will seek at least $4.5 million in outside funds to correct potential lead paint hazards at 27 elementary schools.
A potential education secretary, Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan, visited the Education Department Thursday morning on what he said was a purely social call.
Former Riverview Gardens School District Superintendent Henry Williams was sentenced today to five years probation and ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution for allegations he spent district money without permission.
The 83 members of the Wright City High School band will board buses late Monday night, bound for a week of marching and musical competitions in Dallas. The trip culminates with pregame and halftime performances at Friday's AT&T Cotton Bowl.
A great-grandmother graduated from college on Saturday.
Police took 12 students from Vashon High School into custody for questioning following a fight at the school.
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Hundreds of thousands of children in this country do not learn and eventually drop out of school. That is Arne Duncan's problem now.
The Missouri Supreme Court upholds the state takeover of the St. Louis School District.
Khalisha Savage will be promoted to Cadet Wing Commander on January 14.
A 17-year-old faces criminal charges after bringing a loaded 9mm gun to East St. Louis High School on Friday. Officials believe this incident began with bad blood in the community that spilled over to the high school.
The union representing St. Louis public school teachers and support staff says negotiations on a new contract have broken down.
Directors of after-school programs around the nation fear the deepening recession will force more children to spend afternoons home alone or on the street as cash-strapped governments slash funding and donations shrink.
Imagine an assembly line where sandwiches are the order of the day.
Another sign of the nation's dismal economy: experts say more students are becoming eligible for free and reduced school lunch programs.
The St. Louis Public School District will put into practice a long range plan designed to improve reading and math scores within the next five years, the Special Administrative Board said Thursday.
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees today passed a measure that will provide an alternative tuition rate for high-achieving and talented out-of-state students.
Acting on recommendations from groups representing students, faculty and staff across the campus, University of Missouri officials announced a new smoking policy that bans smoking in all university owned or leased property.
University of Missouri System President Gary Forsee is warning of dramatic cuts to meet the state's economic crisis, including possible job reductions.
There is such a thing as a free lunch, just ask a growing number of school districts across the country.
An investigation is underway into possible inappropriate conduct by a teacher at Sperreng Middle School involving a student.
American schoolchildren do better than people think in math and science, but Asian students still dominate in math and have gained ground in science, an international study found.
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In math and science, American kids are doing better than people think, an international study found. But some Asian countries have an edge in math that just keeps growing.
The troubled auto industry is affecting more than its workers and suppliers. Local districts are also hurting from the crisis.
The possible impact of industrial pollution on American schools is the subject of a USA TODAY investigative series.
Our partners at USA Today began a special series in their paper this morning called "The Smokestack Effect: Toxic Air and Amercia's schools", after they spent eight months examining the impact of industrial pollution on the air outside schools across the nation.
Not all the students in the Riverview Gardens School District may have gotten picked up for school Monday morning because of the icy roads.
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