Rick Sullivan (right) talks with parents and teachers at a meeting in 2007. Huy Richard Mach | Post-Dispatch

Gov. Jay Nixon is a key figure in the stability of St. Louis Public Schools. There’s no avoiding it — the district’s hard-fought battle…

Huy R. Mach | Post-Dispatch

There are good reasons to doubt whether Missouri gubernatorial candidates Jay Nixon and Kenny Hulshof understand the deep problems that long have plagued St. Louis Public Schools.

Both men have plenty to say about education policy and throw…

The Special Administrative Board that oversees the St. Louis Public Schools today is expected to announce the names of the three finalists for superintendent.

At 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, the candidates will meet the public at Vashon High School, making formal presentations about…

State education officials need to get prepared. With little notice, they could be handed the keys to the St. Louis Public Schools — along with this advice: “Good luck.”

Last year, the state took the keys to the failing district away from…

The dramatic reform initiative brought on by state intervention in the St. Louis Public Schools has just concluded its first year.

Rick Sullivan, Melanie Adams and Richard Gaines — the three members of the Special Administrative Board — were appointed to serve…

The final bell for students at St. Louis Public Schools will ring on May 30, and the start of the 2008-’09 school year no doubt seems to lie far beyond the horizon of a long summer vacation.

Not so, however, for the…