Missouri education officials are piloting a new model for the state’s decades-old standardized test, shifting the Missouri Assessment Program from a single end-of-year exam to a through-year assessment with multiple checkpoints. The change is designed to give a clearer picture of student growth during the school year and deliver results within 24 to 48 hours, […]
Kristen Price, a teacher at the Northwest R-1 School District’s Early Childhood Center, was one of 34 educators recently named Missouri Region…
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recently named Greg Kester of Festus the state’s 2024 Teacher of the Year.
De Soto and Festus school officials recently got welcome news that their districts received state School Safety Grant program grants to fund s…
The Hillsboro R-3 Board of Education recently recognized the Hillsboro High School counseling staff for winning the Gysbers Missouri Comprehen…
Rockwood School District officials have chosen Timothy Ricker, a retired superintendent, to lead the district for one year starting July 1.
Missouri students and teachers are no longer required to quarantine for 14 days if they were exposed to someone who has tested positive for CO…
Jefferson County children will be out of school longer than originally anticipated.
Two area teachers were named by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as 2017-18 Regional Teachers of the Year as part of the M…
Local school districts that called off school last week because of flooding don’t have to make those days up, thanks to waivers from the state…