The number of children attending high-quality pre-Kindergarten programs in St. Louis’s most underserved communities has grown – exponentially. The STL Pre-K Cooperative has quadrupled the...
Samantha was floored. The data on the screen indicated that her youngest son was attending a failing school – when she thought it was high-performing. ...
Two founders of St. Louis nonprofits focused on expanding education equity have been awarded the prestigious Camelback Ventures Fellowship. Julius B. Anthony, founder of St....
Expanding access to middle school sports. Providing teens and young adults with entrepreneur training. Improving financial literacy at four high schools. Over the summer, a...
LaTricia Smallwood’s mind filled with questions as she joined parents inside Beginning Futures Early Childhood Center in St. Louis’s Walnut Park neighborhood. It was time...
Tanesia Simmons joined The Opportunity Trust as partner working to empower and support the most marginalized families and students, and to design and drive change...
One evening in late August, nine St. Louis students, parents, and educators gathered around a conference table to read through grant applications and award a...
In 2020, the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice brought increased attention to the St. Louis education system’s profound inequities. These events caused Sherita...
With school schedules and enrollment timelines in flux, families are faced with even greater barriers to finding the best school for their children. Many of...
Krystal Barnett launched Bridge 2 Hope in 2019 to unite parents and grandparents exasperated by the lack of quality school options to demand responsiveness from...
The city’s history of segregation and subsequent attempts to integrate schools have left St. Louis with a fractured school landscape full of options but lacking in...
We believe every parent or guardian wants the best for the children in their care. However, families in St. Louis are often held back by...
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