Missouri’s 2023 Teacher of the Year says as a young child, she played “school” with her brothers and with her stuffed animals. She took every chance she could to teach Sunday school classes, work at summer camps and babysit. You might say that Christina Andrade Melly...
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...
The father of country music artist Dolly Parton could not read or write. “He was the smartest man I have ever known but I know in my heart his inability to read probably kept him from fulfilling all of his dreams,” Parton said on Imagination Library’s website....
Two Missouri agencies are responding to an NBC report saying the Show-Me State was the only one in the nation not allowing summer to-go meals this year for low-income children and some adults. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) oversees the...
Missouri, like many other states, has been battling major teacher shortages for several years. A survey to get help to recruit and retain more Missouri K-12 teachers has yielded more than 16,000 responses over a five-day period. During a meeting this week, Missouri...