ST. LOUIS (AP) — After successfully defending its weapons ban in court, the St. Louis Zoo is now trying to force the gun rights activist who challenged the ban to pay part of its $150,000 in legal bills. The zoo filed a request for its request for legal fees in August, but a judge has…
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a Florida high school (all times local): 4:10 p.m. Authorities say the shooter at a South Florida high school is now in custody. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office gave no details in briefly tweeting that development. It did not identify the shooting suspect nor say…
CHICAGO (AP) – Over half of Illinois schools have improved in the second year of controversial state PARCC exams, and test participation rose statewide. This year’s state exam results were made public Monday in the annual Illinois Report Card, a conglomeration of data painting a wide picture of schools that includes a myriad of factors.…
About 3.5 million students, public and private, will graduate from high school at the end of the school year
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Education officials say Missouri schools experience widespread chronic absenteeism with more than 40,000 students in the St. Louis region and nine area counties who have missed 15 or more days of school during the 2013-14 school year. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/28T8qVa ) reports that attendance data was released this month…
(KTRS) – Senator Claire McCaskill is heading on the road in an effort to find ways to make college more affordable. Senator McCaskill started her College Affordability Tour at Metro High School Monday. The senator is calling college and student debt a crisis. According to one study Missouri students graduate college with more than $20,000…
Schools in the community are closed for a third day after officials said some homes showed high levels of contaminants
Riverview Gardens Superintendent Scott Spurgeon said test scores are up, finances are stabilizing and other factors suggest accreditation should be upgraded to provisional
WASHINGTON (AP) – The nation’s high school graduation rate has reached 82 percent, a new high. The Education Department says the rate for the 2013-14 school year is the highest since it started using a new, uniform measure in 2010. Still, the numbers show nearly 1 in 5 students leaving high school without a diploma.…
