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Economics alumna leads St. Louis Fed’s award-winning education initiatives

Mary Suiter, economic education officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, cultivated an affinity at UMSL for what would become her life's work....

Circle of Educators group seeks to connect education alumni to UMSL, community

The new College of Education alumni group held its first "Conversations in Education" event Nov. 14, focusing on strategies educators can use to help students dealing with trauma. ...

Who needs math? We do

UMSL's Helene Sherman talked with Christine Buck on KPLR about the importance of math and how everyone uses it daily....

Education professor discusses American students’ math literacy problem on St. Louis Public Radio

As more and more technology becomes available, students continue to show less interest in really learning the fundamentals of mathematics. Only 1 in 4 American students are proficient in STEM...

Program for beginning teachers draws crowd

About 170 new teachers converged on the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center Saturday (October 13) for the fall Beginning Teacher Assistance Program at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. ...

Faculty members honored with annual Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence

More than 300 people gathered in the auditorium at the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center Wednesday for University of Missouri–St. Louis Chancellor Tom George’s annual State of the University Address....

Education scholar discusses ways to help those struggling in mathematics

Helene J. Sherman is no stranger to the struggles faced by students in math. As an educator, she’s seen the challenges firsthand in the classroom as she taught elementary and...

Math Inquiry Institute gives teachers creative tools

Making math and science more visual and exciting is something several area teachers have in mind for the upcoming school year thanks to the creative new tools they learned during...

UMSL/Wildwood students learn to be effective teachers

What makes a good teacher? The question is asked by hundreds every year. A crowd of more than 260 students in Education from St. Louis Community College at Wildwood and...

Math Inquiry Institute equips teachers with creative classroom tools

This fall, many St. Louis-area students will learn math and science with the help of creative new tools, thanks to the knowledge gained by more than 60 teachers at the Math...