Chris Nicastro

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 2, 2012 - Starting two years from now, Missouri school districts will have to meet stricter…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 8, 2011 - Missouri's commissioner of education says the Imagine charter schools in St. Louis,…

Missouri’s State Board of Education voted unanimously today to strip Kansas City schools of their accreditation.The reasons for the action include a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 15, 2011 - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- As proposed changes in the way Missouri rates its school…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 21, 2011 - After 15 meetings statewide and countless hours of brainstorming on the best way to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 24, 2011 - Officials of the reconstituted Riverview Gardens School District admit they have a…

Missouri’s top K-12 education official is giving lawmakers mixed grades on the just-completed legislative session.Department of Elementary and Secondary…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 14, 2011 - For the second time in two years, education officials in Missouri have pulled back…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 11, 2011 - A new report on charter schools in Missouri presents an interesting lesson: It may be…

DESE says that MAP scores are up, even though most local districts did not meet AYP targets, but Missouri's commissioner of education says rather than…