The U.S. Department of Education has awarded more than $2 million in Charter Schools Program grants to four new Missouri charter schools.

In St. Louis, Shearwater High School, St. Louis Collegiate and Jamaa Learning Center — all slated to open this fall —…

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…

Physical education in the Wentzville School District will get a boost with nearly half a million dollars in federal grant money.

Wentzville is the only school district in Missouri to receive this grant, which can be used towards equipment, staff and teacher training, according to…

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan warned today that he expects states and school districts to spend incoming stimulus money on true innovation, not the “status quo.”

Moreover, schools that do not spend the money on reform, he said, will not…