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Local Pride: College of the Ozarks' Nursing Program Tops Missouri Rankings
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This first-year Bolivar teacher named one of the 2024 Missouri Teacher Leaders of Tomorrow
Note: The Bolivar teacher was initially and erroneously told she won a national award that included $25,000 after a mix-up by a substitute presenter. The Bolivar school district sent out a news release based on the inaccurate information it had been provided. A corrected news release was sent late Tuesday. A Bolivar...
At SPS meeting, Mohammadkhani said she plans to use new RNC role to improve public schools
At the start of the Springfield school board meeting Tuesday, a former board candidate raised questions about member Maryam Mohammadkhani representing Missouri on the Republican National Committee. The meeting ended, nearly four hours later, with board member Steve Makoski congratulating her for being elected to the post in early May...
See the Absolutely 50 Best Elementary Schools in Missouri
It's been said the most important educational years of your life are spent in elementary school as that's the foundation of everything. That's why it's quite an honor for the Missouri elementary schools that were just named the 50 best in the state. There aren't many rankings more respected than...
Expansion of Missouri Empowerment Scholarship program a failure for public accountability
“School choice” advocates are celebrating Gov. Parson’s signing of SB 727. But what has been promoted as a win for education freedom is a veiled effort to profit education entrepreneurs at the expense of transparency to Missouri taxpayers. It is true that academic education in Missouri has been in decline for over a decade, but the same Department of Elementary and Secondary Education that has managed that decline will be managing the distribution of public funds to other “choices” to which SB 727 will divert our tax dollars, with fewer tools for local control and taxpayer accountability.
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