by admin | Oct 9, 2007 | Education
Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO) has appointed State Board of Education member Peter Herschend to another term on the panel. Herschend is the co-founder of Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation, which operates such Branson attractions as Silver Dollar City, the...
by admin | Oct 2, 2007 | Crime / Courts
Testimony has wrapped up in a legal challenge to the State Board of Education’s decision to remove accreditation from the St. Louis School District and to give power to an appointed transitional board acting in place of the elected board. The...
by admin | Sep 25, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A judge in Jefferson City hears six hours of testimony in the elected St. Louis School Board’s challenge of the state’s removal of the Board’s accreditation. Among the witnesses testifying on behalf of the elected Board was St. Louis Schools...
by admin | Aug 29, 2007 | Education, Politics / Govt
A Senator at the center of re-writing the state school funding formula is pleased with the court ruling upholding its constitutionality. Sen. Charlie Shields (R-St. Joseph), the Majority Floor Leader, pushed for the formula to be re-written, arguing that the old...
by admin | Aug 29, 2007 | Crime / Courts
Missouri’s method of funding public schools is constitutional. So says Cole County Circuit Judge Richard Callahan, the judge presiding over a lawsuit challenging the funding formula. At issue were the questions of adequacy and equitability. The judge has...
