by admin | Aug 20, 2007 | Education
An audit of Educator Certification Background Checks finds current state law is not sufficient to ensure the safety of the state’s public school students. State Auditor Susan Montee says the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), which is...
by admin | Aug 14, 2007 | Education
The State Education Department has notified about one-third of Missouri’s school districts that they don’t measure up to federal education standards. A spokesman for the Department of Education says 167 districts are in that category, many of them because...
by admin | Jul 22, 2007 | Education
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has completed a pilot test of the examination for the personal finance course that will be a requirement for Missouri high school students graduating in 2010 and beyond. It was an online test, with good...
by admin | Jun 21, 2007 | Education
On the heels of an appointed board taking control of St. Louis Public Schools, another St. Louis area school district is unaccredited by the State Board of Education. The Riverview Gardens School District, in St. Louis County, has been declining for a long period of...
by admin | Jun 19, 2007 | Education
Schools throughout the state are being encouraged to apply for grant funding to expand Math & Science and Health related afterschool programs. A total of one million dollars is being made available to support the new grants. Jim Morris with the State Department of...