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07.13.2009 6:15 pm

Governor signs education grabbag

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

JEFFERSON CITY — Without ceremony, Gov. Jay Nixon put his imprimatur today on a mammoth education bill passed by the General Assembly.

The wide-ranging plan (SB291), shepherded by Rep. Maynard Wallace, R-Thornfield, includes:

– A controversial provision allowing teachers in the St.…

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04.30.2009 10:23 am

Jeff Smith’s case for merit pay

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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JEFFERSON CITY — Mo. Sen. Jeff Smith had an op-ed piece about education reform in the Beacon on Tuesday:

It is illogical for a 30-year teaching veteran whose students invariably make little academic progress to make twice what a third-year teacher…

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