What is often referred to as the “Nation’s Report Card” is out. It shows Missouri’s K-12 public school students had lower math and reading test scores this year compared to the previous exam’s results from 2019. The National Assessment of Educational Progress...
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 teacher shortage is complicated and a statewide commission is finalizing a variety of recommendations designed to put more teachers in front of the next generation’s workforce. The commission has been working on the plan for a few months. The...
According to MOREAP, which provides services to the state’s public schools, Missouri has nearly 1,200 K-12 public school teacher job openings. Members of a statewide commission hope to find ways to help close that gap. They will roll up their sleeves and get to work...
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...
