Hiba Ahmad

St. Louis

Education Reporter at St.Louis Public Radio NPR

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Metro-east school districts face uncertainty with Trump's education cuts

4 weeks ago | bnd.com | Madison Lammert |Hiba Ahmad

An empty special education classroom at Harmony Intermediate on Aug. 16, 2023. Harmony-Emge District 175, like other districts in the metro-east, is grappling with Illinois' teacher shortage. Belleville News-Democrat After President Donald Trump signed an anticipated executive order to further dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, educators on both sides of the Mississippi River question what's coming next.
SIUE will start layoffs, cuts this spring to address $10.3 million deficit

1 month ago | nprillinois.org | Will Bauer |Hiba Ahmad

To combat a $10.3 million deficit, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will turn to layoffs and drop academic programs later this spring to cut costs, a university spokeswoman said Friday. “We have made important budgetary adjustments in recent years and are committed to making additional changes to ensure that the institution’s excellence continues,” SIUE spokeswoman Nicole Franklin said in a statement.
SIUE will start layoffs, cuts this spring to address $10.3 million deficit

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Will Bauer |Hiba Ahmad

To combat a $10.3 million deficit, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will turn to layoffs and drop academic programs later this spring to cut costs, a university spokeswoman said Friday. “We have made important budgetary adjustments in recent years and are committed to making additional changes to ensure that the institution’s excellence continues,” SIUE spokeswoman Nicole Franklin said in a statement.
SIUE will start layoffs, cuts this spring to address $10.3 million deficit

1 month ago | bnd.com | Will Bauer |Hiba Ahmad

File: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students walk past the campus' cougar statue. The university plans to layoff employees and drop academic programs to cut costs. News-Democrat file photo To combat a $10.3 million deficit, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will turn to layoffs and drop academic programs later this spring to cut costs, a university spokeswoman said Friday.
A proper Target for a Black boycott

1 month ago | stlamerican.com | Hiba Ahmad

African Americans have about $1.6 trillion in buying power. And we are the ultimate consumers, disproportionately spending on beauty and personal care, apparel and footwear, and entertainment and technology. There are reasons for all of this, many rooted in enslavement and exclusion, but the reasons really don’t matter. We spend rather than save, we spend to compensate for structural challenges, we spend because it makes us feel good. When we feel good, we buy. When we feel bad, we buy.
Annie Malone lands $1 million SLDC grant

1 month ago | stlamerican.com | Hiba Ahmad

A mid-March deadline for rescuing the 2025 Annie Malone Parade is quickly approaching, and while the agency received good news this week in the form of a $1 million grant, the money cannot be used for the parade crisis. The St. Louis Development Corporation has awarded Annie Malone Children and Family Services a $1 million grant to help pay for repairs at its headquarters in the Ville neighborhood of north St. Louis.
Missouri students' reading scores decline, but math scores hold signs of hope

2 months ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Hiba Ahmad

Share Missouri students’ reading skills dipped again as part of a decade-long slide that preceded the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest results from the National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP, show most states’ fourth- and eighth-graders haven’t seen their reading and math scores change significantly since the test was last administered in 2022. Most states’ scores still lag behind their pre-pandemic numbers in 2019.
Missouri saw teacher retention increase for first time since pandemic: 'This was a crisis'

Jan 8, 2025 | ourcommunitynow.com | Hiba Ahmad

Share Teacher retention in Missouri has increased since the coronavirus pandemic, according to new data from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. During the 2023-2024 school year, 88.7% of all teachers remained in the profession, but schools struggled to retain first-year teachers. State officials said the data signals a turning point in a teacher shortage Missouri has struggled to address in recent years.
Missouri man indicted for federal hate crime after threatening NAACP chapter

Dec 27, 2024 | kcur.org | Hiba Ahmad

A Missouri man has been indicted for a federal hate crime, accused of sending racist and threatening messages to the St. Louis chapter of the NAACP. Darryl Jaspering, 62, of Warrenton faces one count of transmitting threatening communications and one count of interference of federally protected activities, according to a statement from the Department of Justice.
For the first time since COVID, Missouri public schools improved on state tests

Nov 25, 2024 | kcur.org | Hiba Ahmad

The majority of public schools across the state are performing better than last school year, according to new data released by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The Annual Performance Report evaluates school attendance and career readiness along with test scores on core subjects like language arts, math, social studies and science.