Missouri could enact legislation that would educate students in grades 6 through 12 about the “dehumanization that minority groups have experienced.” The bill is based around the story of Celia, a slave who was given the death penalty in the mid-1800s after defending...
A new study has been released about the impact of four-day school weeks in Missouri. Alisa Nelson talks to State Education Commissioner Margie Vandeven about the study’s findings.
Sen. Karla Eslinger, R-Wasola, will head the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). The Missouri Board of Education has selected Eslinger to serve in the top education spot. “My passion for education is a result of my own childhood,” she...
More than $8 billion have now been forwarded to public education throughout the state by the Missouri Lottery. That milestone was reached Friday when the Lottery office transferred just over $35 million made from ticket sales in October into the Lottery Proceeds Fund....
Inspiring young minds to read is the intent behind Missouri’s rollout today of country music singer Dolly Parton’s reading program. Through a partnership, Missouri and Dolly Parton’s “Imagination Library” provide an age-appropriate book each month to kids free of...
