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...
Missouri lawmakers and education leaders are keenly aware of the state’s problem plaguing teaching and retention shortages, and some are working to remedy the situation. The Missouri Board of Education reconvened a statewide commission on teacher recruitment and...
Missouri’s public schools are figuring out their game plan to adjust to the latest state report cards. The 2021-2022 Annual Performance Report (APR), which details overall K-12 public school performance, shows 112 school districts could be at risk of losing full...
Two-and-a-half weeks into the Missouri Legislature’s session, a controversial K-12 public education package could come up for Senate debate soon. The Missouri Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee has voted in favor of the plan. Three bills were...
