/tags/covid-19-impacts COVID-19 Impacts en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:00:00 GMT /education/2024-06-26/missouri-kansas-students-pandemic-recovery KIDS COUNT, an annual child wellness report, found 20% of students in Missouri and 27% of students in Kansas were chronically absent in 2021-2022. Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:00:00 GMT /education/2024-06-26/missouri-kansas-students-pandemic-recovery Jodi Fortino /education/2024-05-10/coronavirus-pandemic-high-school-class-graduates-college For many in the Class of 2024, this year's commencement ceremony will be a first. That’s because they’re also the Class of 2020, and the coronavirus pandemic canceled — or dramatically scaled back — their high school ceremonies. Fri, 10 May 2024 10:00:00 GMT /education/2024-05-10/coronavirus-pandemic-high-school-class-graduates-college Abby Llorico /2023-11-21/illinois-state-school-board-weighs-increased-funding-requests-ahead-of-budget-season Illinois advocates have continued calls to speed up contributions to new Illinois schools funding formula. Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:00:00 GMT /2023-11-21/illinois-state-school-board-weighs-increased-funding-requests-ahead-of-budget-season Peter Hancock /education/2023-11-01/retiring-st-clair-county-schools-superintendent-will-be-replaced-by-waterloo-principal St. Clair County Regional Superintendent of Schools Mark Eichenlaub will retire at the end of the month after 36 years of work in public education. Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:00:00 GMT /education/2023-11-01/retiring-st-clair-county-schools-superintendent-will-be-replaced-by-waterloo-principal Kelly Smits /education/2023-02-21/tutoring-program-helps-metro-east-students-overcome-pandemic-learning-loss Four Metro East school districts are using the Illinois Tutoring Initiative. The program, funded with state ARPA money, trains tutors to help elementary and middle school students make up for pandemic learning loss. Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:00:00 GMT /education/2023-02-21/tutoring-program-helps-metro-east-students-overcome-pandemic-learning-loss Will Bauer /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-05-13/for-opera-theatre-of-st-louis-this-spring-brings-2-world-premieres Opera Theatre of St. Louis debuts ‘Harvey Milk,’ ‘Awakenings’ Fri, 13 May 2022 20:40:44 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-05-13/for-opera-theatre-of-st-louis-this-spring-brings-2-world-premieres Sarah Fenske /education/2022-04-17/siu-is-looking-for-tutors-for-new-state-wide-tutoring-initiative-to-address-learning-loss In the greater St. Louis region, Southern Illinois University will help coordinate part of a statewide effort to provide tutors for students in districts that were highly affected by the pandemic. Sun, 17 Apr 2022 11:29:33 GMT /education/2022-04-17/siu-is-looking-for-tutors-for-new-state-wide-tutoring-initiative-to-address-learning-loss Kate Grumke /government-politics-issues/2022-01-04/illinois-lawmakers-will-have-a-shorter-2022-session-due-to-the-surge-in-covid-19-cases The session was originally scheduled to start this week with three meeting days, but leaders announced last week they will meet only one day this week and likely will cancel all in-person meetings the following week, Jan. 11-13. Tue, 04 Jan 2022 17:44:58 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-01-04/illinois-lawmakers-will-have-a-shorter-2022-session-due-to-the-surge-in-covid-19-cases Peter Hancock /coronavirus/2022-01-04/illinois-hospitals-are-as-full-as-they-were-pre-vaccine-because-of-a-surge-in-covid-cases Nearly 85% of all coronavirus-related hospitalizations across the state are unvaccinated individuals. Tue, 04 Jan 2022 17:43:15 GMT /coronavirus/2022-01-04/illinois-hospitals-are-as-full-as-they-were-pre-vaccine-because-of-a-surge-in-covid-cases Grace Kinnicutt | Capitol News Illinois /coronavirus/2022-01-03/metro-east-nursing-homes-with-covid-infection-errors-the-same-issues-for-years It was common knowledge in the nursing home business, but perhaps not to the families trusting those facilities with a loved one’s care. Mon, 03 Jan 2022 17:47:28 GMT /coronavirus/2022-01-03/metro-east-nursing-homes-with-covid-infection-errors-the-same-issues-for-years Lexi Cortes