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House committee considers foundation formula challenges
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Education
Governor’s plan to borrow universities’ money ‘off the table’
Governor Jay Nixon will not be seeking money from the state's largest universities to help balance...
House Speaker wants to bundle education issues (AUDIO)
Beside the budget, education will be one of the primary topics in the 2012 legislative session....
Senate leader cautiously optimistic about session (AUDIO)
The leader of the state senate often uses the word "challenge" in discussing the legislative...
Rep. Tim Jones wants to address workers’ compensation, second injury fund, education issues (AUDIO)
After two failures to pass an omnibus economic development package, the legislature looks again to...
Rep. Schoeller files voter ID bill, election reform legislation (AUDIO)
The perennial fight over whether voters should have to produce a valid ID to cast elections...
Education Dept. concerned about another year of under-funding
The Department of Education is concerned about a funding shortfall, but looks forward to working...
Republic Superintendent won’t return in Fall ’13
By a four to three vote, the school board in Republic has decided not to renew the...
House school bullying bill back for 2012
A state legislator who in the last regular session sponsored school bullying legislation has...
Independent Colleges and Universities of MO wants more public partners (AUDIO)
The President of Missouri Independent Colleges and Universities says if the state wants to meet...
Republic School district settles in lawsuit
The Republic School District has settled a lawsuit concerning a former student who complained that...
New UM President says experience will solve budget woes (AUDIO)
The new UM System President Timothy M Wolfe says his experience in business is going to help the...
University of Missouri System president announced
The University of Missouri System has announced its 23rd President. Timothy Wolfe has been...
Education bill aims to increase graduation rates (AUDIO)
Senator David Pearce says in order for more Missourians to get degrees, there are several things...
Higher Ed Dept to request performance based funding (AUDIO)
The State Coordination Board on Higher Education has voted to ask the state to base how much money...
Jefferson City student calls Egyptian captivity ‘terrifying’ (AUDIO/VIDEO)
The Jefferson City man held by Egyptian authorities for less than a week is back home and talking...
MO Chamber to get aggressive on education
The Missouri Chamber of Commerce plans to be more aggressive in the coming legislative session on...
Sweeney heads home
Jefferson City college student Derrik Sweeney is expected back home tonight where his family plans...
New formula shows 80 percent of Missouri seniors graduated high school this year
Preliminary numbers released by the Department of Education show about 80 percent of Missouri's...
Private school options considered for unaccredited districts’ students
A joint interim committee considering the plight of students in unaccredited school districts has...
New movement lab coming to Truman State University
Truman State University in Kirksville is nearly finished preparing a new movement lab, named for...
Immigration panel discusses policy, enforcement, compassion, Dream Act (AUDIO)
Blending policy and enforcement with compassion might be the best way to handle the critical issue...
Former school employee charged for sexual misconduct
A former employee of the Bronaugh School District is to be arraigned November 21 on felony charges...
MU sells research lab for $43 million
IDEXX Laboratories Inc has bought a research and diagnostic laboratory business of the College of...
UM students team up, travel to Central America
The Missouri University of Science and Technology's Engineers Without Borders program recently...
State education leaders want KC to give up control its schools
After failing to maintain even provisional accreditation, the state had warned the could step in...
Juvenile Justice Association gets grant to help girls
The state's juvenile justice association has received $43,000 dollars from the Department of...
Linn State Technical College still fighting ACLU lawsuit
Linn State Technical College is fighting a lawsuit filed by the ACLU challenging Linn State's...
Governor Nixon signs specials session bills
Governor Nixon has signed Senate Bill 1, which repeals a section of a bill passed by the General...
MU partners with Universities in India (AUDIO)
The Nanotechnology department at MU is beginning a five-year partnership with a group of schools...