Missouri has released its 2021-2022 Annual Performance Report (APR), which lays out overall K-12 public school performance. The report card shows more than 100 school districts around the state could be at risk of losing accreditation if improvements are not made over...
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...