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Though the national Common Core state standards will still be used to test Missouri students for the current school year, the process to replace them with…
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed on Monday a bill that would have allowed teachers to carry guns in the classroom, saying that ““arming teachers will not…
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Updated at 9:35 a.m. Monday with clarification on tuition rates, link to final bill text.Two bills passed by Missouri lawmakers this week would have a…
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Can schools cut back sharply on the number of tests that students have to take and still get a good idea of how well they are learning?The state of…
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JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri has already adopted and begun to implement the Common Core State Standards, but a group of diehard opponents urged the state…
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A Missouri House subcommittee is considering whether to approve more money for student assessment tests under the new Common Core State Standards.The…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 4, 2013 - A Missouri House panel that held hearings on education throughout the state this fall…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 17, 2013 - Math teachers Carol DeFreese and Luis Actis have spent part of their summer trying to…
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Chris Guinther is wrapping up her final month as President of the Missouri chapter of the National Education Association. She’s led the teachers’ union…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 27, 2013 - A White House proposal to increase spending on pre-school would mean 5,900 children…