by Mike Lear | Jun 25, 2014 | Education, News
One member of the Legislative Black Caucus has strong criticism of that group and of Governor Jay Nixon (D), following the veto of legislation to change the state’s student transfer law. Representative Courtney Curtis (D-Berkeley) says the issue has resulted in...
by Mike Lear | May 22, 2014 | Education, News
The State Board of Education won’t approve the cost of a lawsuit against it filed by the Normandy School District. The District is suing the Board and 20 other school districts over the state’s student transfer law, that has left Normandy nearly bankrupt...
by Mike Lear | May 20, 2014 | Education, News
The troubled St. Louis-area Normandy School District will be lapsed and continue to operate as the Normandy Schools Collaborative, the state Board of Education voted today. The new system will be run by a Joint Governing Board appointed by the state Board that will...
by Mike Lear | Mar 4, 2014 | Education, News
The State House has endorsed supplemental budget proposal that includes half of the amount Governor Jay Nixon (D) proposed for K-12 education and money to keep the doors open at a St. Louis-area school district for the rest of the school year. House Budget Committee...
