by admin | Mar 31, 2010 | Education
Members of the Missouri House believe they can increase school funding by $30 million without adding a penny of state money; and it’s not an April Fools’ Day joke. Rep. Maynard Wallace (R-Thornfield) succeeded in pushing through an amendment to suspend the...
by admin | Mar 17, 2010 | Education
Faced with a $43 million shortfall in the education budget this fiscal year, House members have voted to continue to hold harmless those school districts not receiving extra money from the basic school funding formula. It nearly came down to urban versus rural school...
by admin | Dec 13, 2009 | Education
State education officials are proposing that one of the state’s 523 school districts be closed and absorbed by one of its neighboring districts. State Commissioner of Education Chris Nicastro meets with leaders of the Wellston and Normandy School Districts in...
by admin | Dec 8, 2009 | Education
A delegation of educators from France is wrapping up a three-day visit to Missouri schools in advance of a Missouri-France educational partnership. Missouri’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is working to establish a formal relationship...
by admin | Sep 20, 2009 | Education
The recently-concluded General Assembly Veto Session gave lawmakers and other state officials a chance to discuss budget problems faced by the state and how those problems will impact various government activities. It’s difficult to predict whether education...
