Public Education

Missouri districts get another accreditation reprieve despite woeful performance scores 

Despite some districts’ dismal academic outcomes, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has delayed changing any accreditation scores until 2027 – although this may be too late… Read More

Courts

Male high school counselor awarded $6 million for sex discrimination in St. Louis Public Schools

A St. Louis high school guidance counselor was awarded over $6 million in damages for sex discrimination and retaliation after being held to a different standard than his female colleagues. Read More

Courts

St Louis prosecutor’s office under fire from all sides as suspect in crash critically injuring teenager had more than 40 bail violations

St. Louis Attorney Kim Gardner’s office is in hot water again as its soft-on-crime prosecutors left a suspected criminal free to commit another crime, this time resulting in the… Read More