Education Oct 01 What you need to know about the grace period for student loan payments that just ended By Adriana Morga, Associated Press
Education Sep 30 Watch 8:02 Why many college students are forced to spend more on housing than tuition The cost of housing has risen steeply in recent years, including for college students. Living in a dorm or renting an off-campus apartment can be the single largest expense a student faces, even more than tuition. Laura Barrón-López reports on… By Laura Barrón-López, Sam Lane, Sam Weber
Education Sep 28 Watch 7:25 School districts face tough choices as last of pandemic-era federal aid runs out As September comes to a close, public schools across the country are finding themselves at the edge of a funding cliff as pandemic-era federal dollars run out. Principals in Georgia and Ohio describe how they are affected, and Ali Rogin… By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn
Education Sep 27 How St. Louis parents are dealing with school bus driver shortages While the number of bus drivers nationwide has increased since pandemic lows, employment has not fully recovered. By Gabrielle Hays
Education Sep 20 For churches seeing demand for more Christian schools, vouchers ease start-up stress In Florida, Ohio and other states, there is now greater availability of taxpayer money to pay for K-12 private school tuition. Many say the primary reason is to give parents more schooling options that align with their Christian values. By Holly Meyer, Associated Press
Sep 18 St. Louis NAACP files civil rights complaint over low literacy rates among Black students By Gabrielle Hays The complaint follows years of troubling data showing stark disparities between Black and white students’ reading scores. But advocates argue, it's also an issue nationwide. Based on a 2022 data from the NAEP, 17 percent of Black students scored at… Continue reading
Sep 16 WATCH: This ‘Friendship Bench’ is pulling on the healing power of grandmothers By Brief But Spectacular "The Friendship Bench" recruits grandmothers as mental health counselors to bridge the mental health treatment gap in Zimbabwe. Continue reading
Sep 06 Kenya school dormitory fire kills 17 students, seriously burns 13 others By Evelyne Musambi, Associated Press Police said Friday they feared the death toll may rise. Continue reading
Sep 06 Teen and father charged in Georgia school shooting will stay in custody By Jeff Amy, Jeff Martin, Associated Press The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting at a Georgia high school that killed four people and his father will both stay in custody following back-to-back court hearings Friday morning where their lawyers declined to seek bail. Continue reading
Sep 04 4 killed and 9 others wounded in shooting at Georgia high school By Jeff Amy, Associated Press Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said two school resource officers encountered the shooter within minutes after a report of shots fired went out. The suspect, a student at the school, immediately surrendered and was taken into custody. Continue reading