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Education leaders want Missouri teachers to lean into research-backed literacy instruction methods, known as the science of reading.

Over 30% of Missouri school districts, mostly in rural parts of the state, have shortened their school weeks to four days as a responsive to chronic teacher shortages. As larger districts like Independence adopt the practice, state lawmakers are considering bills to reign it in.

Junior high students from around Missouri competed to represent the state in a national contest to design and present a vision of an electrified, eco-friendly city that could be a model for life in the future.

Vera Daniels and Celeste Hoins, substitute teachers in the Lansing school district near Kansas City, are suing the district. They say they were fired for speaking out against school district policies.

Proposals to allow open enrollment between Missouri school districts and expand tax-credit scholarships for private schools are among the first bills to clear legislative committees. Supporters believe they have momentum, but GOP infighting in the Senate could doom their chances.

A pair of bills were debated by the Senate education and workforce development committee aimed at expanding access to activities like sports and clubs to students who are homeschooled.

Lawmakers in some states — including Missouri — are considering legislation to require automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, in schools. But mandating these devices is a complicated decision.

A Democratic state representative from St. Louis claims school suspensions do no good and should be prohibited below fourth grade. In Kansas City, suspensions are not permitted through fifth grade, except in instances in which students present dangers to themselves or others or have broken the law.

The Missouri bill, introduced by Republican Mike Moon, is even broader than Florida's so-called "Don't Say Gay" law. It would impact public and charters schools throughout grades K-12, and bans discussion of gender or sexual orientation unless it's by a licensed mental health provider with parental permission.

The bill would require students in Kansas to be assigned to male and female sports teams based on biological evidence at birth, including a person’s genitalia, chromosomes or reproductive potential. Among 41,000 girls competing in Kansas high school athletic events, only three are known to be transgender.