Maryville Schools

Unexpected Blooms has been spreading recycled flowers — and joy — to senior care facilities for the past 10 years. Now, it's supporting the next generation of florists with a scholarship for local community college students.

As commissioner, Jake Steel will lead the Kansas State Department of Education in overseeing the state's K-12 public schools.

The new ban is part of a recent push to reconsider the effects of devices on the developing minds of students.

Fewer veterinary students are pursuing a career serving the country’s livestock industry, and the demand for graduates interested in working in large animal medicine outpaces the number who choose to specialize in the area.

Missouri lawmakers argue that the state education officials must make it easier for families to understand students' academic performance. Educators believe it disproportionately punishes districts serving socioeconomically disadvantaged students.

Current law in Missouri requires schools to have a program if 3% of its students are identified as gifted, but it doesn't require screenings.

The annual Great Northwest Day at the Capitol is scheduled for Feb. 3–4 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City.

The board's legislative priorities appear to support legislation creating public-school open enrollment, but members are split on what the policy means.

A new Washington University study found that St. Louis' guaranteed basic income pilot program helped hundreds of families. But a lawsuit paused payments, and later crises deepened the financial strain many participants already faced.

Many districts in the region are working on their strategic plans this fall, including Maryville.