by admin | Aug 3, 2001 | Education
Missouri has received a $2.7-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help public and private school officials learn to use new technology to improve teaching and learning. The initial installment of the grant money has been received to create a...
by admin | Jul 2, 2001 | Education
Missouri schoolchildren are enjoying their summer vacation, but school administrators are not taking time off. The administrators are working hard to fill teachers’ desks for the coming school year. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says...
by admin | Mar 22, 2001 | Education
As state lawmakers consider one of Governor Bob Holden’s top education priorities, they hear an endorsement from one of only 44 Missouri teachers to gain national accreditation. Hazelwood teacher Steve Kimball says the certification process for accreditation...
by admin | Mar 15, 2001 | Education, Politics / Govt
Governor Bob Holden is praising the Missouri House for passing two key pieces of his leglslative agenda. It’s approved a bill that would provide incentives for teachers to complete the National Board Certification process. He says education will improve as the...
by admin | Mar 7, 2001 | Education
A bill that would have accelerated the state takeover of the Kansas City School District has died in a House committee. By one vote, the House Education Committee spiked the bill sponsored by Representative Marsha Campbell of Kansas City. She is now considering...
