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...
Missouri has had a K-12 teacher and substitute teacher shortage for years and the pandemic has created an even greater shortage. The Missouri Board of Education has approved today permanently allowing an online training alternative for substitute teacher candidates....
The Missouri Board of Education is expected to vote Tuesday on a recommendation that aims to get more K-12 substitute teachers in the classroom. Last August, the board voted to temporarily give prospective substitute teachers the choice of taking an online training...
State Senator Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, wants Dr. Margie Vandeven out as state education commissioner. In Missouri, curriculum and accompanying instructional practices, materials, and textbooks are decided upon at the local level – not at the state level. But...
