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Students march in downtown St. Louis on anniversary of Columbine High School shooting

Wednesday, April 25, 2018 - 9:04am

Students march around the Old Post Office in downtown St. Louis on Friday.

It marked the anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, which killed 12 students and one teacher. The two students who plotted the attack killed themselves.

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Mizzou cuts 12 graduate programs, announces new interdisciplinary college

Friday, May 25, 2018 - 11:43am

COLUMBIA, Mo. • The University of Missouri will cut 12 graduate programs and introduce a new interdisciplinary college in 2019 as part of an overhaul of academic programs announced Wednesday.

The announcement follows nearly a year of work by a 17-person university committee that reviewed graduate programs and recommended investment and collaboration opportunities. The committee recommended cutting twice as many graduate programs as the 12 announced by university Chancellor Alexander Cartwright.

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Pattonville schools succeed by meeting students where they are

Friday, May 25, 2018 - 11:43am

The Pattonville School District has a seemingly simple mantra: All children are capable of high academic performance.

“We really believe every single student is going to be proficient,” said Tim Pecoraro, Pattonville’s assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction. “We know they’re not all going to get there at the same time. But our teachers believe that, our students believe that.”

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Public schools would have to pay for private virtual schools under new Missouri plan

Thursday, June 7, 2018 - 8:54am

Missouri public school students in kindergarten through 12th grade could take online courses for free, with their school district or charter school picking up the tab, under legislation that passed the Missouri House and Senate this month.

The main intent of the plan, dubbed the Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program, is to expand course access for high school students in small, rural or cash-strapped schools that might lack the money or number of students to justify hiring staff to teach advanced courses, such as chemistry, Chinese or creative writing.

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Keeping teachers in St. Louis schools is tricky, so district is trying new hiring approach

Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 9:20am

ST. LOUIS • On one school day last month, more than 30 Hamilton Elementary students sat cross-legged on the gym floor, laughing at an episode of the ’90s television show “Recess” that was being projected on the wall.

They were watching TV because they had no gym or art teachers that day, said substitute teacher Janet Burns, who was supervising them. Those teachers were absent.