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Higher Ed Dept to request performance based funding (AUDIO)
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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...
MU celebrates centennial Homecoming
This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the University of Missouri Columbia's homecoming...
Drug used for heart, blood-pressure patients might help in autism (AUDIO)
A study at the University of Missouri shows a drug used to treat high blood pressure, control...
Fire Safety week urges planning, practice (AUDIO)
This week is fire safety week, and local fire districts will be in schools helping kids learn...
C-SPAN bus tour shows Missouri students, teachers resources for learning (AUDIO)
A million-dollar C-SPAN bus is making its way through the Show-Me State on its "Road to the White...
Farm to Instiution Program partners local farmers with schools (AUDIO)
A University of Missouri Extension program is aiming to partner schools with local farmers in an...
October is Walk to School Month (AUDIO)
This month is International Walk to School Month, so organizations like the Missouri Bicycle and...
School accreditaion committee considers charter schools (AUDIO)
The Joint Interim Committee on School Accreditation heard testimony for the first time on possible...
New Facebook bill gives school districts authority to write policies
A House committee gives unanimous approval to the so-called Facebook Fix bill, which repeals much...
MedZou clinic offers free healthcare for the uninsured (AUDIO)
MedZou is a free clinic put on by University of Missouri Medical students for those without health...
Microsoft gaming gear could help keep senior citizens safer in their homes
Microsoft Kinect cameras are set up in the apartments of volunteers in a residential care facility...
Facebook Fix near senate passage (AUDIO)
A challenge to the governor's powers to limit the agenda in a special legislative session is...
Senate ready to debate new limits on school social media (AUDIO)
A policeman who works in a central Missouri school district underlines the need of the legislature...
Facebook fix bill ready for senate debate
The so-called "Facebook fix" bill is ready for debate by the state senate. The senate education...
Contentious Senate members question jobs, Facebook bills (AUDIO)
Hopes that the Made in Missouri special legislative session might be wrapped up quickly get a...