The Missouri House is considering a wide-ranging education package that recently passed the Senate. One aspect of that bill came from Sen. Rusty Black, R-Chillicothe. The Teacher Recruitment and Retention State Scholarship Program would encourage aspiring teachers to...
Missouri is dealing with a shortage of teachers as the new school year gets underway. Paul Katnik, assistant commissioner with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), is hoping to recruit new educators to the workforce. To address the...
A statewide commission has rolled out its final recommendations to help improve working conditions for Missouri’s K-12 public school teachers. They are part of a statewide effort to get a grip of Missouri’s low teacher retention rate and teacher shortage. The...
