CECM on the attempt to merge Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education with Department of Higher Education: the rush to pass in response to budget concerns & the questions about the affects on MO students.

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.

The CECM OpEd, Race to the Top Application Incomplete without Charter Expansion, has been published in newspapers across the state. Click on the full story for links to each website.

CECM State Director Earl Simms recently talked to KOMU 8 in Columbia, Missouri about the organization’s support for legislation (SB 603) that would allow open enrollment in Missouri’s public schools. Below is the text of testimony given to the Senate Education Committee:

On Tuesday, January 27 the Joint Education Committee presented their interim studies at a hearing of the committee. Each of the studies were required as part of SB 291, passed during the 2009 session.
The first study presented was a study of charter school achievement in the state, looking at value-added estimates of charter and [...]

On Tuesday, January 27 the Joint Education Committee presented their interim studies at a hearing of the committee.  Each of the studies were required as part of SB 291, passed during the 2009 session.
The first study presented was a study of charter school achievement in the state, looking at value-added estimates of charter and non-charter [...]

The legislature returned to Jefferson City to begin the 2010 session on January 6 and education reform legislation is already a hot topic of discussion.  Despite budgetary concerns limiting what is likely to be considered this session, items with little or no impact on state finances are rising to the top of the education reform [...]

Children’s Education Council of Missouri has created a Twitter-utilizing section on their website to help foster political discussion and accountability