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

CPS earned 86.5% of the possible points on this year's DESE Annual Performance Report. Suzette Waters, the president of the ...

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

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

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

Brian Yearwood will continue in an advisory role through the end of the year. He plans to move back to Texas to be closer to ...

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 ...

Former Superintendent Chris Belcher will serve as the interim superintendent through the remainder of the school year.

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, ...

Brian Yearwood is retiring as superintendent of Columbia Public Schools effective Dec. 31, according to a news release from ...