In a surprise move, Gov. Mike Kehoe removed former Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields of St. Joseph as president of the State Board of Education. Shields, a fellow Republican, was first appointed to the state board in August of 2012 and had been...
Missouri students are back in school and hundreds of school employees have already been trained to identify potential safety threats. Alisa Nelson talks to John McDonald, with the Missouri School Boards Association’s Center for Education Safety, who says threat...
Taking threats seriously is foundational, according to John McDonald, chief operating officer of the Missouri School Boards’ Association’s Center for Education Safety. That’s been his message to hundreds of Missouri school employees who have completed the...
ADVISORY: THIS INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED BEFORE THE BILL BEING SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR MIKE PARSON Governor Mike Parson has signed a bill that would expand charter schools to Boone County and expand access to private schooling with taxpayer money. Alisa Nelson talks...
Gov. Mike Parson is expected to decide any day now whether to sign or veto a sweeping education bill. In the Missouri House, the plan squeaked by with 82 votes of support – the minimum required votes to pass in the lower chamber. Senate Bill 727 would: •Expand...
