1+ hour, 20+ min ago  (721+ words) A school playground in Jefferson County (Ryleigh Hindle/Missouri Business Alert) As more discussions about supplying adequate, affordable childcare are had across the state, childcare centers continue to struggle with staff retention. Beth Ann Lang, deputy chief executive officer of…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (670+ words) Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski of the Archdiocese of St. Louis called House Fiscal Review chairman Jim Murphy, a Republican from St. Louis County, Friday morning in a request to kill an education bill that would change oversight of MOScholars. In March,…...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago  (732+ words) State Sen. Rusty Black, a Republican from Chillicothe pictured at his desk in the Missouri Senate April 22, was part of a bipartisan push to move the state's K-12 school voucher program out of the State Treasurer's Office in a bill passed…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (652+ words) State Rep. Cathy Jo Loy, a Carthage Republican, speaks on the Missouri House floor Feb. 13, 2025 (Tim Bommel/House Communications). State Rep. Cathy Joy Loy, a Republican from Carthage, said her bill seeking to automatically retain Missouri third-grade students who are…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (751+ words) The Missouri House this week passed bills cutting extraneous teacher training requirements and adding supports for literacy in elementary schools. At the halfway point of the legislative session, the House has approved eight education bills. The Senate has passed one…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (842+ words) State Rep. Dirk Deaton, R-Seneca and chairman of the House Budget Committee, explains his spending proposals during a Monday hearing. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent) A push to shift hundreds of millions of dollars among Missouri state colleges and universities ran…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (847+ words) State Rep. Dane Diehl, a Republican from Butler, opens the House debate on a bill to create "A" through "F" report cards for public schools March 5, 2026. The bill follows an executive order from Gov. Mike Kehoe to create a new…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (462+ words) A bill that would ban three-cueing and establish new reading assessments was discussed in the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday. After legislation prohibiting three-cueing as a primary instructional method passed last year, legislators are now aiming for an outright ban....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (474+ words) State Sen. Rick Brattin, a Harrisonville Republican, leads the Senate Education Committee in a divisive public hearing Feb. 21(Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). A bill that would prohibit state funds from going towards "low-earning" university degrees was discussed in the Missouri…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (859+ words) The Missouri House Education Committee considers a bill sponsored by state Rep. Dane Diehl, a Butler Republican, Jan. 28, 2026. Diehl's bill largely mirrored a request from Gov. Mike Kehoe to give letter grades to public schools before the committee made edits…...