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Charter offering 100% tuition for workers

2 years 4 months ago
If you want to have your education paid for, you might be interested in working for Charter Communications, the parent company of cable and internet provider Spectrum. They've announced plans to cover all tuition costs for workers.
Reggie Lee

Scott Miller Wants You to Know Cats Isn't as Bad as You Think

2 years 4 months ago
Scott Miller, the founder and artistic director of St. Louis' acclaimed New Line Theater, has been on a writing tear in recent years, publishing incisive books about various aspects of his beloved musical theater, from Stephen Sondheim to Grease. "There's a growing mass market of people who love musicals, and I want to feed them the cool stuff that I've been thinking about all these years," he explains.
Sarah Fenske

Missouri general elections used to matter. Now primaries reign — and extremists have the edge

2 years 4 months ago

For a generation, Missouri politicians who played between the 40-yard lines reigned supreme. From the 1980s through the mid-2010s, in race after race, center-right Republicans like Jack Danforth, Kit Bond and Roy Blunt were elected to the U.S. senate, and John Ashcroft and Matt Blunt captured the governor’s mansion.   After Ashcroft veered further right in […]

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Jeff Smith

20 Missouri school districts seek ‘innovation waivers’ to move away from state tests

2 years 4 months ago

A network of 20 Missouri school districts is asking the state to implement a more responsive assessment system in order to personalize student learning. The state Board of Education is considering the districts’ proposal to change testing at its Aug. 15 meeting. If approved, it would be the inception of a shift in Missouri’s education […]

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Lauren Wagner

A look back • In 1942, Blacks marched for jobs

2 years 4 months ago
ST. LOUIS • In August 1942, U.S. Marines landed on Guadalcanal. The Germans were grinding toward Stalingrad. Back home in the "Arsenal of Democracy," many booming war factories refused to hire black Americans.
BY TIM O'NEIL • toneil@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8132