Missouri has 34 schools for the severely disabled with about 700 students enrolled statewide. The state is studying the delivery of services to these students. State Education Commissioner Karla Eslinger told the Missouri Senate Education Committee this week that a...
The full Missouri Senate has approved eight appointees to serve on various boards and commissions. The list of appointees include Maureen Clancy-May for the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Governors. She addressed ways to improve the state’s reading...
Missouri is recruiting and retaining teachers at a higher level. State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education data shows that the retention rate increased during the previous school year by about a half-percent to 88.7%. It says Missouri had 72, 353 teachers...
More than $8 billion have now been forwarded to public education throughout the state by the Missouri Lottery. That milestone was reached Friday when the Lottery office transferred just over $35 million made from ticket sales in October into the Lottery Proceeds Fund....
Missouri is dealing with a shortage of teachers as the new school year gets underway. Paul Katnik, assistant commissioner with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), is hoping to recruit new educators to the workforce. To address the...