Missouri: A Parent Speaks Up for St. Louis Public Schools
The Republican-controlled legislature in Missouri has imposed charter schools on the state’s two urban districts (but not their own). The legislature is now considering HB1552,...
Category : St. Louis
St. Louis: Business Leaders Press for Charter School Expansion, While Public Schools Lose Students and Resources
An organization of business leaders in St. Louis issued a demand for more “high quality schools” (by which they mean privately managed charter schools). But...
St. Louis: Stealth Effort to Push More Charter Schools Enrages School Board
A coalition of organizations in St. Louis combined to promote a new vision of education. Even the superintendent of schools added his name. But when...
Educators: Beware “The City Fund” and Its Many Tentacles of Privatization
This article was co-authored by a group of educators who oppose privatization. They have identified the primary driver of privatization in their different communities: The...
St. Louis: Privatizers and Assorted Billionaires Pick Over Bones of Public School System
Tracee Miller, a member of the St. Louis Board of Education, writes that she was shocked and dismayed to discover that a proposal to raise...
St. Louis: Charter Founder Admits $2.4 Million Fraud
The founder and headmaster of a charter school in St. Louis admitted to skimming $2.4 million in public funding by inflating enrollment. This is to...
Jere Hochman: The St. Louis Story
Jere Hochman was most recently the superintendent of the Bedford Central School district in New York State (his third superintendency). He then became the education...
St. Louis: Four New Charters, One Charter Closes
St. Louis will get four new charters, including another KIPP and a private school that turned charter so families would no longer pay tuition....
St. Louis: Can the District Recover After Years of “Oppressive Rule”?
Jeff Bryant writes about the obstacles faced by districts where state control is coming to an end. He takes St. Louis as his prime...
St. Louis Regains Its Elected Board After 12 Years of State Control
St. Louis Schools Watch Susan Turk,Editor and Reporter Congratulations Are In Order! April 16, 2019—St. Louis–This morning the Missouri State Board of Education voted unanimously...