Missouri

Mo. Education Leaders Discuss Future of Schools

November 6, 2009, AP

Budget Cuts Could Unplug Missouri Virtual School

November 2, 2009, AP

Mo. Schools May Not Get All Federal Stimulus Money

February 23, 2009, AP

Hopes Riding on Leader for Troubled St. Louis District

Kelvin Adams, who is taking over as the St. Louis schools’ seventh superintendent since 2003, is already familiar with the dynamics of a district under state supervision. October 28, 2008

Parents Less Worried Than Experts Over Math, Science

Though education experts have largely embraced the drive to raise the level of math and science courses, students and parents may be satisfied with a less rigorous level of instruction in those subjects. September 25, 2007

News Briefs

Missouri Education Department Drops Plan for Integrated-Math Tests

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says it is dropping plans to create statewide math exams using an 'integrated math' curriculum. October 27, 2009

Mo. School Funding Upheld

Missouri's school funding formula was upheld this month by the state Supreme Court against a long-running challenge. September 15, 2009

St. Louis System Removes Paint With Lead From Elementary Schools

August 25, 2009

Missouri Schools Chief Selected

Chris Nicastro, 58, the superintendent of the Hazelwood school district in suburban St. Louis, takes over Missouri's top education position on Aug. 1. July 13, 2009

Home-Schoolers Rally

Hundreds of home-schoolers descended on the Missouri Capitol on May 14 to protest a measure that would require students to earn 16 credits before they can drop out of high school. May 18, 2009

Large Cities See a Rise in Graduation Rates

The high school dropout problem is getting better in some big cities where it’s most severe, a new study finds. April 28, 2009

More News Briefs

Missouri Seeks to Aid ELLs Now Overlooked: Those With Disabilities

Educators are trying to combat a lack of referrals of English-language learners to special education in the state. April 24, 2007

Missouri Governor Seeks $214 Million Hike In School Aid

The plan would help underwrite initiatives in instructional technology, early-childhood education, and after-school programs. January 30, 2007

St. Louis District Seen as Target of State Action

The St. Louis school district begins the new year facing likely state intervention, following a task force’s proposal for the locally elected school board to be stripped of its authority and for an appointed board to run the system on an interim basis. January 9, 2007

Leadership Changes Roil St. Louis District

Upheaval in the highest ranks of the St. Louis public schools on the eve of a new academic year has prompted Missouri’s top education official to appoint a special committee to help fix the troubled district. August 8, 2006

Choice Issue Opens Rift in Missouri

The debate over a school choice bill in the Missouri legislature has opened a bitter rift among some of the state’s top black elected officials. May 2, 2006

St. Louis Breaks Up Troubled H.S. at Midyear

In a move signaling the profound change in store for the St. Louis public schools, the superintendent has broken up the district’s most troubled high school in the middle of the year, creating a separate school for the freshmen and placing the most accomplished seniors on a college campus. January 24, 2006

Teachers Resign After Peer Is Fired in Mo. District

A principal’s decision to make a 4th grade girl move rocks as punishment, along with the subsequent firing of a teacher who helped the child, apparently has resulted in the departure of seven of the 10 teachers in Missouri’s tiny East Lynne school district. June 7, 2005

School Choice Loses Legislative Momentum

Even with Utah’s adoption of vouchers for students with disabilities, and with enactment of school choice measures still plausible in Arizona and Ohio, 2005 hasn’t brought the strong showing that school choice supporters predicted it would. June 7, 2005

Missouri OKs School Aid Plan; Likely Plaintiffs Unimpressed

Missouri lawmakers, looking to face down a legal challenge brought by more than half the school districts in the state, have voted to overhaul the school funding system for the first time in 12 years. May 24, 2005

Chart: Missouri

May 10, 2005

Influx of New Students Can Outpace Teacher Preparation

May 10, 2005

Vatican Office Rebuffs St. Louis Catholic Teachers

February 23, 2005

St. Louis District Faces Feuding School Board, Labor Unrest, Red Ink

January 11, 2005

Voters Largely Reject Funding, Policy Shifts

November 9, 2004

Missouri High Court to Hear Charter Dispute

September 20, 2004