RJ Fentress, a senior at Hazelwood West High School, received first place and a $1,000 cash prize in the Missouri School Boards’ Association’s “2013 What’s Super About Public Schools” student video ...

The flip side of high graduation rates is low dropout rates, with both Grand Island Senior High and Northwest High School having several programs to keep their students in school. Wood River Rural ...

Berkeley County could soon have a new program to help failing students. The school board gave permission last week for the district to seek funding for the Star Academy. The academy is a dropout ...

Bridgette Edwards poses with Karl Turk, the Jobs for America’s Graduates specialist who has become a “father figure,” during a June 2025 visit to her chosen Indiana State University. (Courtesy ...

Word was getting around about the new problem solver on campus. So the mother tracked her down one recent day in a makeshift office on the second floor of a Southeast Washington public school. "I ...

President Barack Obama has packed a number of his campaign promises related to education into his "Race to the Top" program, which seeks to encourage innovative approaches to teaching and learning by ...

Watching successful programs disintegrate due to state budget cuts is particularly disheartening. Adding bypassing investment in other opportunities to that makes it downright depressing. A widely ...

Bridgette Edwards is going to college. The 18-year-old graduated from Cloverdale High School last month despite a “rocky” start. After two years enrolled in career success classes with roots in ...