The U.S. Chamber Foundation says one-third of Missouri families report that they or someone in their household left a job, did not take a job, or greatly changed jobs because of problems with childcare in the last 12 months. It says Missouri’s economy loses an...
About half of Missouri’s teachers leave the profession within the first five years. Since the pandemic, the state’s K-12 public school teachers are leaving the field in record numbers. Missouri has reached a point in which it has had enough. Earlier this year, the...
Missouri Board of Education President Charlie Shields says the number one factor in student achievement is a great teacher in the classroom. “This all plays together,” said Shields. “If you care about student achievement, you’ve got to care about putting great...
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) says it has been asking for millions to help improve academically struggling K-12 school districts. That funding has come up short over the years. During a Missouri Board of Education meeting, State...
The year 2005 was the last time Missouri’s minimum teacher salary requirement was increased. What has happened in the past 16 years? Missouri Education Commissioner, Dr. Margie Vandeven, says the state has fallen significantly behind its eight bordering states in...
