Public Education
Missouri gets $2.5M federal grant to overhaul student assessments following release of poor student proficiency scores(The Center Square) â Missouri is one of 10 states receiving a total of $29 million from the U.S. Department of Education to develop assessments for students while they… Read More
Christian Schools, Government
Herzog Foundation catapults 215 students into over 40 Missouri schools with ESA scholarships in just two monthsIf the Herzog Foundation is an aircraft carrier, its ESA program is a 30-ton aircraft launched into flight with just 300 feet of runway.  Since July 1,… Read More
Homeschools
âGrowâ event builds community among KC-area homeschool momsAn evening just to meet other moms, get encouragement, and enjoy dinner without any cleanup? It may not sound like much, but Tuesdayâs âGrow: Back… Read More
Public Education
Report: Missouri students continue to lag behind pre-COVID academic levels; less than half are proficientMissouri students havenât caught up to their pre-pandemic proficiency levels and less than half are proficient, according to the most recent data from the Missouri Department of Elementary and… Read More
Public Education
Accreditation of Missouri pubic schools won’t include test scores until 2023-24(The Center Square) â The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) annually reviews several benchmarks in evaluating Missouriâs public schools, but test scores wonât enter the mix until the… Read More
Culture, Public Education
National panel lays bare the radical race and sex agenda in Americaâs schools, offers solutionsAs a rapt audience listened to a panel of experts explain the damage being done to schoolkids by radical far-left ideologies on race and gender, a lonely cry for… Read More
Public Education
New education law one of six enacted by Missouri Gov. Parson(The Center Square) â Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson highlighted several enhancements to higher education and workforce development in an omnibus education bill he signed into law on Thursday,… Read More
Public Education
Mass shooting threat closes summer schools in Kansas City area Wednesday; suspectâs arrest means classes back onMultiple Kansas City-area school districts canceled summer classes and activities indefinitely Wednesday after word Tuesday of a mass shooting threat in the suburb of Blue Springs. Read More
Public Education
Missouri attorney general subpoenas seven school districts over invasive student surveysMissouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt subpoenaed seven school districts over highly controversial, possibly illegal student surveys. Â The subpoenas, issued on Wednesday as part of an… Read More
Public Education
Judge tosses verdict requiring school to pay $4 million to transgender student over bathroom accessA judge has overturned a jury verdict that would have forced a Missouri school district to pay $4 million to a transgender student over access to bathrooms and other… Read More
Christian Schools, Public Education
Extent of far-left race and sex curricula in schools, and solutions, to be discussed by national panel at free public event in KC MondayFrighteningly fringe curriculum on race and sexuality is much more widespread across America â and much less coincidental â than many parents realize, close observers say. âThese… Read More
Public Education
Missouri attorney general sues more school districts over new mask mandates(The Center Square) â The final days of school bring field trips, exams, teachers cleaning out classrooms, and lawsuits from Missouri Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt. Schmitt filed… Read More
Public Education
Parents protest public school districtâs woke agenda: Private schools âspend less with better resultsâStrict masking policies may have first caught their attention, but now alert parents in one Missouri school district are protesting divisive, even partisan âequityâ curriculum, test questions and… Read More
Government
Missouri legislative session ends with progress on educationNew funding for charter schools, expanding access to virtual school, improving childhood literacy and increasing teacher pay are among a handful of education initiatives that the Missouri legislature… Read More
Public Education
Missouri AG to investigate Missouri school districts over invasive student surveys, and the harvesting of the resultsProbing personal surveys discovered in at least one Missouri school district ask young students about their racial and gender identities, as well as their political preferences and views… Read More
Government
Science center in the Ozarks reinvents itself, wins $1 million prize to continue offering education choice to families(reimaginED) â Two years ago, as the coronavirus pandemic began shuttering childcare centers nationwide, a Springfield, Missouri center that had been providing STEM education activities faced a critical decision. Should… Read More
Public Education
UM gets $1.25 million to help middle schoolers in core subjects(The Center Square) â A federally funded program to help middle school students improve in math, science and language arts showed favorable outcomes and will be increased and extended… Read More
Public Education
âBuild Our Benchâ initiative gets three conservatives elected to school boards, says thereâs more work to be doneKANSAS CITY, Mo. â Three conservative candidates in Kansas Cityâs Northland were elected to school boards earlier this month, much to the credit of a city councilwomanâs mission to get… Read More
Culture, Public Education
‘Parents Bill of Rights’ gets initial OK in Missouri House(The Center Square) â A 10-page “Parents’ Bill of Rights Act of 2022” was perfected in the Missouri House this week after being voted out of the Legislative Oversight committee… Read More
Public Education
Bill would equalize Missouri charter school funding(The Center Square) â A bill moving through the Missouri Senate would provide equal funding for public and charter schools and not take away money from school districts with… Read More