08.04.2009 12:57 pm

Missouri districts get $4 million in technology grants

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Fourteen Missouri school districts, including St. Louis Public, Ferguson-Florissant and Wellston schools, will get more than $4 million total in stimulus grants for technology in the classroom and technology-based teaching.

Gov. Jay Nixon announced the grants today at St. Louis Public’s…

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…

Georgia to allow charter schools to use empty district buildings

By David Hunn

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A bill just passed by Georgia’s state legislature has perked the ears of Missouri charter school advocates, frustrated with a St. Louis Public School decision to bar charters from buying district buildings.

HB555 passed the Georgia senate, 49 to 1, yesterday.…

Missouri districts get $4 million in technology grants

Gov. Nixon commits to push for national school standards

Georgia to allow charter schools to use empty district buildings

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