After public backlash, the Missouri Board of Education has voted to roll back a proposed plan to create social-emotional learning standards. Missouri will instead offer social-emotional educational resources as an option to the state’s K-12 public schools....
Proposed standards for K-12 social-emotional education are expected to be a hot topic at Tuesday’s Missouri Board of Education meeting. The board is scheduled to decide whether to approve the standards that are designed to help public school students develop...
Missouri’s K-12 public schools could be in store for an overall increase of nearly $120 million in the next state budget. The increase would be by way of a funding calculation change. The Missouri Board of Education has approved the state Department of Elementary and...
To listen to the Show Me Today interview with Missouri Board of Education President Charlie Shields, click below. There’s a push going on across the country, including in Missouri, to pay K-12 public school teachers based upon performance. The legislature’s top two...
The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says Missouri has 144 school districts operating four days a week this academic year, instead of the traditional five-day school week. The shortened learning weeks are used by many rural districts as a teacher...
