Only the seventh Commissioner of Education in the history of Missouri, Karla Eslinger has a resume that appears tailor-made for the job. She started teaching in tiny Theodosia in a classroom with ...

Missouri's journey to protect natural hair in schools has been years in the making. Budzinski demands Nippon investment in ...

A new cellphone ban in Missouri schools could look much different from district to district. The bill was passed during the ...

A bundle of education legislation is on its way to the governor's desk after the Missouri General Assembly passed a handful of omnibus bills packed with changes to higher and K-12 schools.

It calls for state education officials to create any ... senior director of public policy and advocacy of PROMO, Missouri’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group. School had brief answers to questions ...

The legislation requires school districts to develop cellphone use policies, including restricting them during instruction. Missouri lawmakers heard public testimony on a trio of bills Wednesday ...

On the Department of Education question ... license. The Missouri Independent is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization covering state government, politics and policy.

administrators and other leaders who make critical policy decisions for K-12 education in the state of Missouri. SLU's education policy and equity Ph.D. program prepares students for careers in ...