Chris Nicastro

This article originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 29, 2013: To avoid the challenges associated with the current school transfer law, and to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Missouri’s top education officials are doing their best to dispel what they say are common…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Instead of insisting that only the legislature, not the department of education, can adopt new…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 16, 2012 - Back in August, when Missouri schools received their annual report cards and St.…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 15, 2012 - Members of the Missouri state board of education voted unanimously Tuesday to grant…

The Missouri Board of Education has voted unanimously to strip the accreditation from another St. Louis-area school district. Normandy schools had been…

MAP scores releasedThe St. Louis school district could be a year away from regaining partial accreditation. Missouri's Annual Performance Reports, or MAP…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 29, 2012 - Missouri will be freed from the mandates of the No Child Left Behind, the federal…

The US Department of Education is waiving all No Child Left Behind requirements for Missouri schools.The federal law requires students to meet proficiency…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 17, 2012 - The vote by the Missouri Board of Education to shut down the Imagine charter schools…