While the district is celebrating being in the top 20% of all school districts in Missouri and is the only district of its ...

Columbia Public Schools announced the retirement of Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood on Friday.According to a news release ...

Columbia Public Schools has agreed to pay former Superintendent Brian Yearwood $667,268.90 by Jan. 1 after he retires from ...

The top administrator in Columbia Public Schools plans to retire. CPS spokesperson Michelle Baumstark wrote in a statement ...

A committee is accepting name suggestions through Dec. 13. Historically significant or geographical names are welcomed for ...

Dean Jason Smith, 41, of Centertown, was sentenced to 60 years in prison for first-degree rape and second-degree child ...

State education officials Monday released their Annual Performance Report for Missouri school districts. The information was ...

Columbia Public Schools made critical gains in key academic measures between 2023 and 2024 in the Department of Elementary ...

Columbia Public Schools achieved a large increase in its Annual Performance Report score from the state, an indication that the district is meeting state standards for preparing students for college, ...

Columbia Heights Public Schools Board of Education Chair, Lorien Mueller, was awarded the Superintendent’s 2024 Above & ...

As school districts and charter schools get further away from the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, testing scores and school performance are on the rise, including in Columbia.

NOTE: This story was updated to include more information from Columbia Public Schools board members and officials. As school districts and charter schools get further away from the upheaval of the ...