Security guards appear to have used mace appropriately to stop a noon-time fight at Sumner High School, St. Louis Public School officials said this afternoon.

The fight involved eight to 12 students, not the three to four reported earlier, said district…

A noon-time fight at Sumner High School sent as many as two dozen students home after security guards sprayed mace to quell the brawlers.

Freshman Deyon Smith, 15, said he had just thrown his food away, and was about to walk out…

A regional building trade association is alleging that a local school district and a local ambulance district broke state law by requiring unionized laborers on recent building projects.

The Kansas and Missouri chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors sued the…

St. Louis charter schools have the seventh-largest public school market share in the country, according to a report released today by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

One-quarter of the public school students in St. Louis went to charter schools last…

It seems “proficient” actually means something in Missouri’s annual math and reading tests.

In a report released today, the National Center for Education Statistics called Missouri’s testing standards some of the most rigorous in the nation.

The study, “Mapping State Proficiency Standards…

Contrary to (early) popular belief, Missouri is aiming to participate in the first round of the federal $4.3 billion Race to the Top competition.

Yes, new education Commissioner Chris Nicastro told the Missouri legislature’s Joint Committee on Education last month that…

This is the unedited e-mail sent from Virginia-based Imagine Schools CEO Dennis Bakke to his top executives and schools principals.

For Sunday’s Post-Dispatch story, go HERE. 

From: Dennis Bakke
Sent: Thu 9/4/2008 10:26 AM
To: #DL All School Developers; #DL All National Principals; #DL…

Greg Mortenson, rumored Nobel Peace Prize nominee and author of the New York Times bestseller Three Cups of Tea, will speak to students in Alton tomorrow.

Coincidentally, the Nobel committee chooses the Peace Prize winner at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Oslo.

So…

The Missouri Charter Public School Association is still looking for teachers and educators to sign up for its yearly conference, next week, Oct. 15-16, in Columbia, Missouri.

The association says the event features a new awards ceremony, education seminars, and presentations including…

Press release of the day. Unedited.

Lunch on the Positive Patio

Students at Collinsville Middle School (CMS) were recently treated to lunch on our Positive Patio. This feature is a new project that was added to the Character Education programs offered at…