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(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed a former state economic development director and a former public school administrator to seats on the State Board of… Read more »
Tag: education
Mo. ed leader lauds efforts to fix failing schools
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s top education official says she’s encouraged by the efforts of several groups to work on a long-term plan for unaccredited schools. In a statement… Read more »
Mo. supers offer student-transfer woes solution
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A group of school superintendents has developed an alternative to a Missouri law that allows students to transfer from unaccredited to accredited districts. The Kansas… Read more »
Nixon seeks full funding for public schools
By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says he wants to provide full funding for public schools by the time he leaves office in January… Read more »
Kansas City schools remain unaccredited
By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City’s public schools haven’t seen sufficient or long enough improvement to upgrade its accreditation, Missouri’s State Board of Education president said… Read more »
Consultants for KC schools temper expectations
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The consultants hired by Missouri to recommend ways of improving Kansas City schools are tempering expectations — noting that improvement is… Read more »
Gov. Nixon proposes more higher education funding
By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said Monday he will propose a significant funding boost next year for colleges and universities and new resources… Read more »
Catholics backing school-choice initiative in Mo.
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Entities affiliated with the Roman Catholic church have contributed more than $300,000 toward a Missouri ballot initiative that would authorize state… Read more »
Missouri discourages mid-year student transfers
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri education officials say it’s in the best interest of students transferring from unaccredited to accredited school districts to do so at the beginning of… Read more »
Malala Yousafzai, survivor of Taliban attack, visits US
By JAKE PEARSON (NEW YORK, AP) — A defiant 16-year-old Pakistani girl whose advocacy for education made her the target of a Taliban assassination attempt a year and a day… Read more »
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