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06.23.2009 7:06 am

MNEA to hear charter school leaders, rewrite position paper

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

One of the state’s largest teachers unions will sit down today with Missouri charter school leaders for the first time.

A committee of the 35,000-member Missouri National Education Association has decided to update its position on charters, the once-experimental independent public schools,…

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04.17.2009 10:52 am

St. Louis Public spells out plan to sell old school buildings

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Want to buy a St. Louis Public School building? Not so fast.

The St. Louis Public Schools just spelled out considerations before it will sell old school buildings to charters.

The board voted unanimously last night in closed session to lift deed…

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04.17.2009 10:30 am

St. Louis Public School Board lifts deed restrictions on charter schools

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Charter schools will now — at least in theory — be able to buy shuttered St. Louis Public School buildings.

The St. Louis Public School Board voted last night to lift the deed restriction that barred charter groups from buying the…

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04.14.2009 4:42 pm

Urban education forum Saturday morning

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Politicians and educators are gathering Saturday at Harris-Stowe State University to talk about the “challenges facing education in urban communities.”

The panel, hosted by the Democrats for Education Reform, runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the university’s Emerson Theatre,…

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03.09.2009 3:30 pm

Missouri charter school association names new director

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Kansas City charter school leader will run the state’s charter school association.

The Missouri Charter Public School Association has named Cheri Shannon as its incoming executive director. Shannon is currently the superintendent of University Academy in Kansas City.

She begins work…

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11.24.2008 3:01 pm

Aaron North, charter school association leader, to quit this spring

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Aaron North, director of the Missouri Charter Public School Association, will step down in March

Aaron North, director of the Missouri Charter Public School Association, will step down in March

Aaron North, executive director of the state’s charter school association, is stepping down March 31.

North, who was the first director of the Missouri Charter Public School…

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