The Missouri Senate has passed a bill that aims to ban the use of cell phones in the state’s public schools. Sen. Mike Henderson, R-Deloge, is proposing to require that districts adopt a policy prohibiting cell phone use during school hours, with exceptions for...
Missouri has 34 schools for the severely disabled with about 700 students enrolled statewide. The state is studying the delivery of services to these students. State Education Commissioner Karla Eslinger told the Missouri Senate Education Committee this week that a...
Missouri is recruiting and retaining teachers at a higher level. Alisa Nelson talks to Assistant State Education Commissioner Paul Katnik, who says the teacher shortage is far from over, but the recruitment and retention approach is working.
The full Missouri Senate has approved eight appointees to serve on various boards and commissions. The list of appointees include Maureen Clancy-May for the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Governors. She addressed ways to improve the state’s reading...
Missouri is recruiting and retaining teachers at a higher level. State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education data shows that the retention rate increased during the previous school year by about a half-percent to 88.7%. It says Missouri had 72, 353 teachers...
