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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…

It’s probably not surprising to learn in this economy that student loan default rates are on the rise. That is the case at least judging by a snapshot of one cohort group in the last year.

In Missouri, the default rate…

Kids Count, the annual assessment of child well-being in the United States, released its findings today, and Missouri, again, barely clings to the middle of the pack.

The report, issued by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, said Missouri ranked 33rd in…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville officials rejoiced last week when Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law $78.9 million for the school to build a new science building and to renovate the old one. The university has been waiting for many…

In a short 20-minute ceremony last week, about two dozen people were admitted as full-time students at Lindenwood University in Belleville, Ill. This is the first of Lindenwood’s 11 campuses that has implemented a daytime program. The Belleville campus still has…

Last fall’s freshman class at Mizzou with 5,800 students — up 785 from the previous year — was one for the record books. But next fall’s class could be even bigger.

According to a monthly enrollment report, the school has already…