Today, we’re publishing our second annual Kansas City Regional Profile. Inside, you’ll find information on students, spending, and teachers in the traditional public school and public charter school districts in Jackson, Cass, Clay, and Platte counties.

Today, we’re publishing our second annual St. Louis Regional Profile. Inside, you’ll find information on students, spending, and teachers in the traditional public school and public charter school districts in St. Louis City and County, Jefferson County, and St. Charles County.

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This blog explores the potential of regional collaborations in addressing COVID-19 public health concerns and inequities across school districts.

There are growing concerns from teachers and families about school reopening. Yet as school districts are finalizing their reopening plans to ease the stress of the community, they are doing so without straightforward recommendations from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).

Over the past week, PRiME searched district websites and Facebook pages to locate reopening plans for nearly every Missouri school district. Though district plans are unique, all provide learning options within three general categories, and each balances student academic needs, the community’s health and safety, and district resources.

As the beginning of the new school year and the COVID-19 fall semester draw closer, school districts are beginning to release their plans for how they will protect students and staff from the virus that shut down schools nationwide last spring. Without public recommendations, concerns from teachers and parents are rising around many of the safety questions still to be answered by districts across Missouri and the rest of the nation.

Here is our running list of resources for parents and teachers on how to teach anti-racism, tolerance, and racial justice. Feel free to reach out with others you may come across.

In May, The National Center for Education Statistics released the 2020 Condition of Education. In this blog, we summarize some of the findings we believe to be the most interesting, important, and relevant for Missouri. Enjoy!

This week, EdWeek released the second of three parts in its annual Quality Counts series. We take a look at how Missouri measures up nationally on school funding, why funding matters to schools, and what this means with the recently announced COVID-19 related budget cuts.

Today’s blog looks at Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and why it’s an important part of student learning and development. We also have a few video lessons on SEL from SLU School of Education students to help with teaching SEL.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many things in the school year this spring. To ensure there are opportunities for students to complete AP exams, the College Board is offering online exams and school districts are making accommodations to ensure students have the opportunity to meet graduation requirements. In this blog, we take a look at some of the major policy shifts and how major high school milestones look different in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here is our running list of resources for parents and teachers on how to minimize disruptions in learning and where students can find free lunch in our communities. Check back often as we will keep updating this blog with more information and resources.

Coronavirus has had a lasting on higher education, leading universities to alter their approach to enrollment and admissions. There is a particular concern around admissions for international students and how to appropriately serve students who will be searching for colleges starting in the fall. In this blog, we take a look at how the Coronavirus is impacting higher education.

In this special edition of the PRiME Blog, Saint Louis University faculty member Dr. Dannielle Davis and her son, Bryce Davis Bohon, offer up some tips on home learning that they’ve gathered from their own homeschooling experiences.

In this special edition of the PRiME Blog, Dr. Retha Edens-Meier, who summarizes one of her publications on the use of universal precautions in the classroom and why it’s vital that we adhere to these to stay safe. These will be important tools of the classroom trade going forward once we emerge from the stay-at-home orders and return to school.

In this special edition of the PRiME Blog, we have Drs. Maureen Wikete Lee and Merlene Gilb describing what we can learn from our youngest students during our social-distancing and home-learning experiences. Through play and slowing down, we can enjoy more of our time at home to learn!

The Coronavirus pandemic has brought about dramatic changes in the form of school closures and mandatory online learning. There is a history of closures in response to health crises in St. Louis. In this blog, we take a quick look back at how St. Louis responded during the Spanish Flu of 1918 and why school closures, while difficult, are one of the best options for public health.

The Coronavirus pandemic has introduced a new reality for schools nationwide. Here’s our take on a few of the key issues that will need to be addressed in the coming days.