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Education
New Westminster president begins July 1
Westminster College in Fulton turns to an army general for its 19th president. Brigadier General...
More Taking Adult Basic Ed Classes
More than 55-thousand Missourians enrolled in adult basic education classes during the last school...
Westminster Grad Donates Million
A 1962 graduate of Westminster College has donated one million dollars to help pay for s student...
Lawmakers Claim State Shorts Education Budget
A dispute over whether Missouri schools get all the sales tax they deserve resurfaces as the House...
Retirement/Rehiring Decision Defended
University of Missouri President Manuel Pacheco defends his decision to rehire three retiring...
Students Complain of Poor English
A survey of University of Missouri students shows about 15 percent of them think their instructors...
Security Increased at SW Missouri School
Security was tight today as Exeter students returned to class after an anonymous threat from a...
One University Administrator Not Retiring After All
One of the three administrators at the University of Missouri-St.Louis who had taken early...
School Locked Down After Phone Threat
Students in the Exeter school district had to walk past extra security today on their way to...
Retirements, Rehirings Questioned
Some University of Missouri administrators who have retired early are not really leaving...and the...
Lawmaker Defends Education Budget
One of the House Budget Chairmen says the $17-Billion dollar budget approved in the House delivers...
University Won’t Make Terms of Early Retirement Public
The University of Missouri says it will not make public the deals it is cutting with faculty and...
Search Begins for Education Commissioner
The State Board of Education this week begins looking for new Commissioner of Education....
Search Begins for Education Commissioner
The State Board of Education this week begins looking for new Commissioner of Education....
Lawmakers Work on How Best to Teach Reading
A get-tough approach to reading problems approved last year by the legislature might have...
Education Commissioner Retires
He started as an intern in the Education Department's school law section in 1973 and worked his...
School Survey Finds Major Needs
Almost two-thirds of Missouri's school buildings are at least thirty years old and one in eight is...
Blunt Calls for Federal Government to Fulfill Education Promise
A Missouri Congressman says a proposal of his for this session of Congress simply aims to make the...
Troubled School District Makes Cuts`
The Francis Howell school district in St. Charles County, in deep financial trouble, is going to...
Teacher Certification Change Suggested
A proposal has been made at the capitol to take teacher certification away from the state board of...
Westminster College Holds the Line on Fees
A steady growth in the school's endowment, plus enrollment growth, mean students going to...
New Way to Evaluate Relative Success of School Districts
A new way to evaluate the relative success school districts have in educating children has been...
Ex CMSU President’s Contract Raises Eyebrows
The state auditor and the attorney general are investigating a 621-thousand-dollar contract...
Proposal Increases Schools Money for Deaf
Some parents of deaf children hope the state legislature lets their children be educated in...
Pineville High Schooler Punished for Hazing
A high school hazing incident has resulted in a Pineville high school student being put on...
St. Charles County School Learns Debt is Less
Some good financial news has come to the Francis Howell School District in St. Charles County,...
Instructor Stole College Grant Money
A former instructor at a vocational-technical school in Blue Springsadmits conspiring with others...
Record Number of Students Getting Financial Aid
More than 23-thousand Missouri students currently receive financial aid from the state to attend...
Financial Troubles Deepen for St. Charles School District
The biggest school district in St. Charles county has been staggered by news that it owes the...