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.

In many school districts around Missouri, there are Career and Technical education opportunities for high school students, totally free of cost, and these programs have been shown to have positive outcomes for the students that enroll in them.

This past month, EdWeekreleased the first of three parts in its annual Quality Counts series. We take a look at how Missouri measures up nationally on the Chance for Success Index, what led to our grade, and what this means in context.

Magnet schools in St. Louis and Kansas City were initially created as part of court-ordered desegregation plans and were intended to help racially integrate the state’s two largest metro regions. In this blog, we take a look at the history and demographics of magnet schools in St. Louis and Kansas City and the role they play in these districts today.

The Governor mentioned teacher pay in his 2020 “State of the State” but did not include a teacher pay increase in his proposed budget, thus leaving open the question of whether a teacher pay raise is a priority this legislative session.

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released data on school-level per-pupil expenditures for the first time this year. Here, we take a look at how school-level spending relates to school and student characteristics, as well as student growth and achievement.

The most recent Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results are in and we can see how 15-year-olds in the U.S. performed relative to similar students in 78 other countries. Here, we take a look at the results and show why they should be viewed in the context of other assessments instead of as the only measuring stick of academic progress.

Pre-filed legislation in the Missouri House of Representatives and Senate for the 2020 session is in. There are 23 Senate bills and 37 House bills related to education, with topics ranging from teaching cursive to who can authorize a charter school. Here, we give a quick look at the bills that have been filed.

In 2017, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) established the “Trauma-Informed Schools Initiative,” requiring DESE to provide information to schools about what it means to be trauma-informed. This blog will provide information on Trauma-Informed schools and tools, such as restorative practices, schools can use to be trauma-informed.

Seventy percent of Missouri’s traditional school districts are rural. This blog takes a big picture look at Missouri’s rural and other districts, education in rural Missouri, and the need for further research on rural education in light of the requirements of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

The NAEP gives us a common measure for state performance every two years. This time around, Missouri students struggled, especially in 4th grade reading. Read our blog to see our NAEP takeaways.