Missouri does not have an interim state education commissioner and technically does not have a State Board of Education president. Mary Schrag resigned as the president on Tuesday. Schrag, of southern Missouri’s West Plains, served on the board for seven years. “With...
Preliminary results are out on the latest end-of-year test scores, and they show overall improvement among Missouri’s K-12 public school students. They had the greatest gains in Math and Science, with two exceptions. In Math, the increases ranged from under 1% to as...
A Missouri Senate committee has approved the latest round of appointees submitted by Gov. Mike Kehoe. They include two nominees for the State Board of Education, among them Thomas Prater, a former Springfield City Council member and school board member. State Sen....
Since 2017, Missouri has required public school teachers to have a 3.0 grade point average if they want to be certified in certain subject areas like music, biology, and chemistry. To attract more teachers, Missouri is debating whether to reduce the GPA requirement...
Missouri is behind at paying subsidies to some childcare providers, leading to some daycare centers reportedly closing. The setbacks are due to a new subsidy payment system launched last December. The Missouri Office of Childhood has been dealing with kinks in the...
