Hiba Ahmad
Education ReporterHiba Ahmad covers education for 漏 2024 外网天堂. She鈥檚 spent most of her career working as a producer for NPR programs Weekend Edition, All Things Considered and the daily flagship podcast Up First.
Hiba is a Virginia native but is making St. Louis her home. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in broadcast journalism and is wrapping up her masters in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at George Mason University. When she鈥檚 not in a classroom or a school board meeting, she鈥檚 out exploring the city 鈥� in search of the next best place to eat. Send her some recommendations: or hahmad@stlpr.org.
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The St. Louis Development Corporation has also given $10,000 to help pay for the May Day Parade that was canceled earlier this month. -
The board appointed Borishade as superintendent during a closed session Tuesday night without opening up a formal hiring process. -
Shipp will take the top role at the private university in Town and Country, which serves over 9,200 students, after Mark Lombardi retires this year. -
A group of parents, students and school leaders held a "Day of Action" in Jefferson City, where they asked state lawmakers to support legislation to fully fund public schools. -
The announcement of the new contract with school transportation provider Zu虆m comes after the school district has relied on a patchwork of vendors to get kids to and from school. -
Missouri legislators have filed dozens of education-related bills 鈥� some that could dramatically change the way public education is funded in the state. -
The International Institute of St. Louis furloughed staff and paused preparations for its popular annual Festival of Nations because of uncertainty over federal funding under the Trump administration. -
A demographic survey commissioned by the school board found the district is projected to lose anywhere from 800 to 1,000 students over the next decade. -
"I can no longer serve on a board in good conscience that isn't acting ethically and upholding a responsibility to the public to thoroughly evaluate and report on the district's mismanagement of funds," Weiss said before walking out of Tuesday night's meeting. -
The school board announced Jocelyn Pugh-Walker and Brent Mitchell will lead the district as acting co-superintendents. -
Department of Secondary and Elementary Education officials said the data signals a turning point in a teacher shortage the state has struggled to address in recent years. -
Three new warming centers were opened after St. Louis Public Libraries closed Monday due to dangerous conditions after a winter storm passed through the region.
