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The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is moving forward with fully implementing new standards in Missouri’s K-12 schools for…

St. Louis public schools will find out tomorrow if they’ll regain at least provisional accreditation from the State Board of Education.St. Louis schools…

Missouri high school student performances on the SAT college entrance exam are down slightly this year, according to a report released today by the…

Missouri’s average American College Test (ACT) score remains unchanged for the eighth year in a row, according to figures released today by the Department…

MoDOT resurrects controversial I-55 ramp proposalThe Missouri Department of Transportation is again pushing a proposal to build two-lane ramps to ease the…

Preliminary figures on how many Missouri high school students earn their diplomas have been released, and a new procedure for calculating graduation rates…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 15, 2011 - For years, educators have used standardized test scores to show what students knew on…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 5, 2011 - If a proposed schedule of exams for Missouri students becomes reality, high schoolers…

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

An audit released today finds that several state agencies in Missouri have not adequately kept track of how federal stimulus dollars are being spent.The…