It seems “proficient” actually means something in Missouri’s annual math and reading tests.

In a report released today, the National Center for Education Statistics called Missouri’s testing standards some of the most rigorous in the nation.

The study, “Mapping State Proficiency Standards…

This is the unedited e-mail sent from Virginia-based Imagine Schools CEO Dennis Bakke to his top executives and schools principals.

For Sunday’s Post-Dispatch story, go HERE. 

From: Dennis Bakke
Sent: Thu 9/4/2008 10:26 AM
To: #DL All School Developers; #DL All National Principals; #DL…

It’s probably not surprising to learn in this economy that student loan default rates are on the rise. That is the case at least judging by a snapshot of one cohort group in the last year.

In Missouri, the default rate…

The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education approved a budget request this morning that asks the state for flat appropriations next year. That’s not because public universities don’t need or want a funding increase.

Rather, it’s because the state’s Office of…

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon released a statement this afternoon directing the state Department of Health and Senior Services not to follow through on a Thursday state Board of Health recommendation rescinding hundreds of rules governing the operation of faith-based child…

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…

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…

Kids Count, the annual assessment of child well-being in the United States, released its findings today, and Missouri, again, barely clings to the middle of the pack.

The report, issued by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, said Missouri ranked 33rd in…

Cheaters beware. It is now a misdemeanor in Missouri to use a fake degree or one from a diploma mill to apply for a job, admission to a college or in connection with any business, job or public office.

Gov. Jay…

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,…