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Education
Number of students filing for financial aid spikes
The number of Missourians applying for student loans is showing a significant increase. Anyone...
University of Missouri hosts renewable energy conference
Experts on renewable energy gather at the University of Missouri-Columbia on Wednesday for the...
Education officials review positives and negatives in FY 2010 budget
The State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is among the state departments...
Education begins earlier and lasts longer
Education no longer begins only when children enroll in Kindergarten, and it doesn't always take...
State education officials still hoping new commissioner in place by July 1st
State education officials involved in the search for a successor to the late Kent King as Missouri...
Senate leader confident court will uphold school formula
The architect behind the current state public school funding formula believes it will survive its...
State Supreme Court hears school funding challenge
A lawsuit claiming the state school funding formula violates the Missouri constitution is before...
America’s National Churchill Museum christened in Fulton
Westminster College continues to draw leaders to speak where Winston Churchill delivered his...
Lincoln University Foundation President pedaling 1,400 miles for scholarship money
The president of the Lincoln University Foundation is biking more than 1,400 miles to raise money...
Limits on school snow days makeups near passage
School districts that lost a lot of days to snow and ice storms in January might not have to make...
Missouri’s top youth compete in Skills USA
About 2,000 high-school and college students from throughout the state are in Mid Missouri for the...
Teacher standards endorsed by Senate
The state has performance standards for students....How about some for teachers? The Senate has...
MU unhappy with Harrisburg, SD Tiger
The Harrisburg, South Dakota Tigers are in trouble with the University of Missouri. The University...
Invest in early childhood development … it pays off
Early childhood education is an economic investment, according to a Minneapolis economist visiting...
Nixon says public education must expand to meet new economy
Governor Nixon told and education groups that he's fully committed to public education and...
Some MoHELA projects once suspended back on track
Many college capital improvement projects put on hold have been given the go ahead by the Nixon...
State Senator has mixed feelings about restoration of extension funding
The University of Missouri and Lincoln University extension programs get back some of the money...
Seeking quality in pre-school education
The effort to rate early childhood education and before-and-after school programs the same way...
Higher education leaders caution against over-governing
Talk in the legislature about greater state management and coordination of colleges and...
Civil rights speaker visits Missouri on heals of Obama inauguration
Bryan H. Barrows, III brings his powerful one-man show to Missouri this week. "Who was Martin...
Legislative leaders discuss higher education with college and university presidents
Missouri's budget situation is uncertain and legislative leaders are trying to make it clear to...
State Board of Education told of value of character education
The State Board of Education has heard from the founder of an institution that strives to improve...
Education Commissioner Kent King dead of brain cancer at 65
State Education Commissioner Kent King, who had been suffering from cancer of the brain, has died...
Former school superintendent heading to jail
A former St. Louis County school superintendent who has not contested charges of felony theft and...
Colleges, universities fear devastation from budget cuts
Missouri's higher education institutions say budget cuts that are being suggested for the...
Higher ed braces for big budget hit
Missouri's colleges and universities have been stunned with orders to plan for funding of as much...
Dropout rate up
Missouri's school dropout rate has hit its highest level in at least five years. The state...
Auto sales slump hurting Missouri Transportation Department
A slump in auto sales has been a blow to the Missouri Department of Transportation's bottom line....
Supreme Court asked to rule on action against St. Louis Schools
State Supreme Court judges are being asked to decide whether the state overstepped its authority...