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Drawing on past experiences, teacher inspires students to persevere and thrive

Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 10:03am

Bobby Edwards is no stranger to hardship. After his mother passed away when he was just 11-years-old, he and his siblings grew up in the St. Louis foster care system. He was a member of the desegregation program, catching a bus at 5 a.m. to Rockwood School District. He struggled in school as a teenager, and his teachers just saw him as someone who was coming to school late and fatigued without understanding why.

University of Missouri study suggests children’s vocabularies improve by hearing books while reading

Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 10:03am

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Children increase their vocabularies when they hear recordings of storybooks being read to them as they read along, a new study from the University of Missouri and the University of South Florida has found.

At MU, the primary author was Beth Kelley, assistant professor in the School of Health Professions. Her collaborator in Florida was Howard Goldstein. Kelley is a speech-language pathologist who works with children.

Hazelwood schools reopen after a year of virtual learning

Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 10:03am

HAZELWOOD — For the first time in more than a year, students in the Hazelwood School District are experiencing the real world of desks, recess and gym class.

Schools reopened Monday for prekindergarten through second grade. Over the next two weeks, students in the higher grades will return.

McClellan: A life in three acts — teacher, children’s theater director and grandma

Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 10:03am

Life was not exactly a cabaret for Nancy Harvey. It was a full-scale musical production. Loud and joyous, the stage overflowing with people.

Nancy got her love of the theater, but not her exuberance, from her mother. Thelma Hines was a dour person, not known to smile easily. She was born in 1911 and earned a master’s degree in mathematics when that was quite unusual for a woman. Thelma married a lawyer, and Nancy, the first of their four children — and their only daughter — was born in 1936.

Mayoral candidates want a bigger role in public education in St. Louis

Friday, February 26, 2021 - 2:23pm

Although the mayor of St. Louis has little influence over the city’s education system, candidates for the position have weighed in as the public school district shrinks and charter schools expand.

This year, enrollment in St. Louis Public Schools from kindergarten through high school dropped to around 18,000, while close to 12,000 students enrolled in charter schools.

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