Reviewers of Missouri’s $743.5 million Race to the Top application also had numerous negative comments for the state’s application as it related to conditions in the state for significant education reforms. Below are some of the commentstaken directly from the review forms.

Reviewers of Missouri’s $743.5 million Race to the Top application had numerous negative comments for the state’s application as it related to charter schools and state law restricting them to only the districts of St. Louis and Kansas City. Below are some of the comments taken directly from the review forms.

The March 2010 State Board of Education meeting primarily focused on reviewing the budget passed by the Missouri House of Representatives. State Board members heard the dire state of Missouri’s budget and discussed ways for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to save money and adequately fund education.

The Missouri State Senate recently held multiple sessions to discuss ways to save the state money, including a session on education spending. The workgroups, all under the name of “rebooting government”, accepted suggestions online from Missourians and read some of the submissions openly in the committee meetings. The members of the education committee were [...]

The Missouri State Senate recently held multiple sessions to discuss ways to save the state money, including a session on education spending. The workgroups, all under the name of “rebooting government”, accepted suggestions online from Missourians and read some of the submissions openly in the committee meetings.

The Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) held their 10th anniversary symposium in Milwaukee, WI from March 4th – March 6th. The symposium focused on how to provide more options for families in failing school districts. Many of the sessions focused on mobilization of parents to give tips for effective advocacy. These sessions [...]

Missouri was not among the 16 finalists for the US Department of Education’s $4.35 billion Race to the Top competitive grant program. The news was delivered last week by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan who named Colorado, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, [...]

The Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) held their 10th anniversary symposium in Milwaukee, WI from March 4th – March 6th.  The symposium focused on how to provide more options for families in failing school districts. Many of the sessions focused on mobilization of parents to give tips for effective advocacy.  These sessions included panelists [...]

Missouri was not among the 16 finalists for the US Department of Education’s $4.35 billion Race to the Top competitive grant program. The news was delivered last week by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan who named Colorado, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Tennessee as the top applications.

Senator Rob Mayer, sponsor of SB603 that would create an open enrollment law for Missouri, responds to misinformation in Tuesday’s Daily Dunklin: It is a hot topic today among school administrators, parents and parents-to be, and Missouri politicians. The issue of open enrollment is in the limelight for the second time in as many years.