If Missouri families need help getting their K-12 public school students to hit the books, a new grant program could give the children a boost. The Close the Gap grant program is now open to help with things like: • Instructional resource materials; • Tutoring; •...
About half of Missouri’s teachers leave the profession within the first five years. Missouri’s teacher shortage – and ways to help fix the problem – will be the focus of a series of statewide public engagement meetings beginning this week. “As we moved through showing...
Missouri’s coronavirus rapid testing program is back. The state Department of Health and Senior Services suspended the program indefinitely back in early January because of a nationwide shortage of tests and issues with receiving tests from a distributor called...
Missouri’s K-12 schools will have to look elsewhere to get COVID-19 rapid antigen tests. Due to supply problems, the state is temporarily suspending reorders it provides to schools. Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Spokeswoman Mallory...
Gov. Mike Parson and a fellow Republican lawmaker do not see eye to eye on the way a state web application flaw is being handled. During a press conference this week, Parson has threatened criminal prosecution after he says a news organization took several steps to...
