08.07.2009 12:35 pm

Missouri to join push for Common Standards

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The State Board of Education voted yesterday to join the Common Core State Standards Initiative, a national project to establish more consistent academic standards in English and math for K-12 students.

The State Board of Education had been opposed to the…

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06.26.2009 2:03 pm

Gov. Nixon commits to push for national school standards

By David Hunn

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said today that he has committed to the nationwide push for common school standards in English and math.

Nixon, in signing the national memorandum of agreement, made Missouri the 47th state to agree to help develop a…

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Missouri to join push for Common Standards

Gov. Nixon commits to push for national school standards

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