The board of trustees of St. Louis Community College voted 4-2 Thursday to close two of its campus-based child care centers despite assurances by its administration that a decision would not happen this month.

The surprise vote means the end of…

Citizens for Missouri’s Children held its 25th anniversary luncheon at the Chase Park Plaza today, and its keynote speaker was not a child advocate, but an economist with the Minnesota Federal Reserve.

Rob Grunewald and his upper Midwest colleagues have been…

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon released a statement this afternoon directing the state Department of Health and Senior Services not to follow through on a Thursday state Board of Health recommendation rescinding hundreds of rules governing the operation of faith-based child…

Those waiting to hear whether Carter Kalbfleisch, 5, will be allowed to bring his recently acquired service dog to his special education pre-kindergarten will have to wait until at least tomorrow.

The hearing at the Monroe County courthouse in Waterloo will…

The Maplewood Richmond Heights School District is celebrating its new Early Childhood Center next month, and is inviting the public to attend. Details from the district, below:

The public is invited to attend the grand opening celebration of the MRH Early…

On the heels of Tuesday’s article on Missouri’s proposed new child care center rules on field trips and other safety matters comes news of another dangerous child care mistake in St. Louis.

According to a spokesman for the St. Louis Police…

St. louis’ north side is losing one of its long-time, accredited child care centers.

The Annie Malone Children and Family Service Center said Tuesday it will shutter its Early Learning Center at month’s end because of declining enrollment and revenue.

The nonprofit…

Home-schoolers gather on the Capitol steps.

UPDATE: The bill has passed 110-46 with the home-school fix. It now goes back to the Senate.

JEFFERSON CITY — Hundreds of home-schooled students and their parents showed up at the Capitol today to protest a…

Parents as Teachers, the St. Louis-founded early childhood education program that’s now replicated in countries around the world, got a rotten egg in advance of its 25th birthday.

The Missouri branch of the organization will have to pare down its programs…

JEFFERSON CITY — Two state education boards heard today about American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, and the take-home message was that the final decision is still up in the air.

As of yesterday, the Legislature and Gov. Jay Nixon looked ready…