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Students are judge and jury at St. Louis high school
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Students who skip class or get into fights at the Northwest Academy of Law and Social Justice don't get suspended like they used to. Instead, they go to student court. Here's how it works: Students who get in trouble for less s...
School health clinics continue to grow in Missouri
NORMANDY, Mo. (AP) — Something as simple as a health physical is not readily available to Ezekiel McIntyre, who's a freshman at Normandy High School. His mother, Oneesha Everett, has tried three times to apply for Medicaid, but she still has no h...
St. Louis schools use different disciplinary approach
ST. LOUIS (AP) — If students curse, fight or show other bad behaviors at Carver Elementary School, they aren't suspended. More likely, they'll have to do mindfulness yoga. That's the kind of mindset toward student discipline that St. Louis Public S...
Small rural school is 1 of Missouri's education successes
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. (AP) — To find one of the St. Louis region's best-performing school districts, drive for about 10 miles through Franklin County on a two-lane country road past tree-lined acres of weathered barns, grazing cattle and a tiny c...
