First pediatric diabetes mobile unit in country helps St. Louis-area families who are struggling

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 4/22 1:05A Michele Munz St. Louis Post-Disp

Two days a week, the Healthy Kids Express Diabetes Mobile Unit travels to area schools to care for St. Louis Children’s Hospital patients with diabetes or diabetes risk.

Scabies outbreak hits 14 students at St. Louis charter school

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 4/17 6:40A By Blythe Bernhard St. Louis Pos

At least 14 students at City Garden Montessori in preschool through eighth grade have contracted the parasitic skin rash since early March.

Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney to speak at St. Louis University

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 4/16 5:50A By Hannah Wyman St. Louis Post-D

ST. LOUIS — Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney is scheduled to speak on Monday at St. Louis University. The star was linked to many of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s headaches last year after a controversial marketing campaign.

St. Louis, Normandy school districts docked for late financial audits

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 4/11 1:00A Blythe Bernhard St. Louis Post-D

The state has kept close to $3.7 million in state funding from SLPS and $5.7 million from Normandy while awaiting the audits.

St. Louis-area school races: Money, turnout and a rejection of ‘partisan politics’

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 4/7 7:45A Blythe Bernhard and Monica Obrad

The election results followed a national backlash against school boards that have tilted conservative in recent years.

Jon Hamm to give SLU commencement speech

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 4/5 8:30A By Daniel Neman St. Louis Post-D

The St. Louis native — and booster — will give the speech on May 18.

Reading specialists go back to classrooms in St. Louis due to teacher shortage

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 4/2 1:00A Blythe Bernhard St. Louis Post-D

The 24 reading teachers will be reassigned to lead elementary school classrooms across St. Louis Public Schools.

St. Louis schools’ bus provider terminates contract after month of turmoil

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 3/26 12:00A Monica Obradovic St. Louis Post-

The company that operates buses for St. Louis Public Schools has notified state officials it's terminating its contract with the district this summer after a month of turmoil.

School construction projects on the ballot in several St. Louis-area districts

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 3/25 7:00A By Blythe Bernhard St. Louis Pos

None of the propositions on local ballots have organized opposition, although critics say the marketing of a “zero tax increase” by all of the districts is misleading.

Culture wars cool off in St. Louis-area school board elections

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 3/22 8:22A By Blythe Bernhard and Monica Ob

The political battles for school board seats have mostly cooled off around the region, with some high-profile exceptions in St. Charles County. Here's a look at school board races across the St. Louis area.

St. Louis University president to step down after decade-plus at the helm

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 3/21 5:29A By Blythe Bernhard St. Louis Pos

Fred Pestello, president of St. Louis University, will resign at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year, school officials said Thursday.

Survival plans came too late for two St. Louis-area Catholic schools

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 3/14 1:00A Blythe Bernhard St. Louis Post-D

Parishioners thought they had more time to save St. Roch and Little Flower schools from the downsizing of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

Priory is latest St. Louis Catholic school to expand to lower grades

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 3/11 1:00A Blythe Bernhard St. Louis Post-D

The boys' school with 300 students in seventh grade through high school will add a sixth grade in fall 2025.

New reading campaigns aim to boost literacy across St. Louis

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 1/25 11:12A By Blythe Bernhard St. Louis Pos

St. Louis Public Schools and the local NAACP recently launched literacy programs to help students boost reading skills.

Tax breaks for St. Louis developers ‘disproportionately’ harm Black and poor students, report says

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Education) 1/23 12:00P By Blythe Bernhard St. Louis Pos

The report shows tax breaks adding up to $260.7 million in losses to area schools over the last six years.