Missouri State Board of Education

Gov. Jay Nixon is taking heat from his own party, especially from women, for appointing Maynard Wallace to the state Board of Education. And while Nixon,…

(Updated at 3:46 p.m. with revised transfer policy)JEFFERSON CITY – With its president acknowledging that an earlier vote was an overreaction, the…

Several parents of students who live in the Normandy school district filed suit in St. Louis County Circuit Court Monday, challenging the state’s move to…

Let’s say you’ve been a teacher in the Normandy school district for a while and are wondering what’s going to happen to your job when the new state-run…

Updated 2:23 p.m. Friday with DESE response on payment of tuitionMembers of the elected Normandy school board may soon be out of a job, but they made…

The Normandy School District is undergoing a series of changes that have broad implications for education throughout the St. Louis region.Thursday on St.…

Missouri education officials, who control the finances of the Normandy school district, say they won’t pay the costs of a lawsuit that asks the courts to…

One day after the Missouri Board of Education voted to replace the Normandy school district with a new, state-controlled entity, Normandy filed suit…

JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri state Board of Education voted Friday to approve a plan to intervene in struggling school districts. It also sent the…

With the Missouri legislature approaching its spring break, the Senate has passed a sweeping education bill designed to deal with struggling schools and…