Springfield Unity Fest brings together college students


by WWLP.com

WWLP.com— As turbulent times continue across the world right now, a call for unity brought students from several area colleges together in Springfield.

hechingerreport.org—OPINION: Sending college students into classrooms to help our struggling students could be a winning post-pandemic solution. Thousands of public school districts and charter schools have turned to tutoring as a popular and effective way to jumpstart lagging student performance post-pandemic. Educators strongly endorse tutoring, when done right, and believe it can help students make real academic gains. In an effort to spur the tutoring movement, the Biden administration recently called on […]

WWLP.com—Hygiene products donated to Springfield students. Those Eyes Can Heal, a local nonprofit organization, provided students at Springfield’s Elias Brookings School with hygiene products Monday.

OZARKSFIRST—Local college students join in national protest. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- As the war between Hamas and Israel continues, college students across the nation are holding pro-Palestine protests some of them leading to clashes with the police. In Springfield, Missouri State University students organized a sit-in at the Plaster Student Union to support Palestine. Students started their sit-in at 10 Friday []