“We’re not out of the woods,” said State Education Commissioner Margie Vandeven. Her response centers around student scores on state-mandated tests given during the 2022-23 school year. A preliminary report released at Tuesday’s State Board of Education meeting shows...
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...
Missouri has awarded its first round of state funding for a new program about school safety. A news release from Gov. Mike Parson’s office and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says the first round of program funding includes 169 school...
Missouri has released its 2021-2022 Annual Performance Report (APR), which lays out overall K-12 public school performance. The report card shows more than 100 school districts around the state could be at risk of losing accreditation if improvements are not made over...
What is often referred to as the “Nation’s Report Card” is out. It shows Missouri’s K-12 public school students had lower math and reading test scores this year compared to the previous exam’s results from 2019. The National Assessment of Educational Progress...