Peter Herschend

Updated Sept. 17 at 11:30 a.m. with comments from State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed — State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed objected to one of the governor’s four…

JEFFERSON CITY -- When Peter Herschend joined the Missouri state Board of Education in 1991, schools in the state were rated in three ways – A, AA or…

JEFFERSON CITY – One year after the Missouri state Board of Education dissolved the old Normandy School District and put an appointed board in place to…

(Updated with interviews from all candidates.)The Missouri state board of education has narrowed to five the field of candidates seeking to become the…

The Missouri state board of education has a field of 14 candidates from which to choose the state’s new commissioner of elementary and secondary…

After complaints from teachers and others about how the initial year of the Normandy Schools Collaborative has gone so far, the state board of education…

JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri state board of education voted Tuesday to put the search for a new commissioner on a slower track, then had a lengthy…

JEFFERSON CITY -- Compared with the clamor and criticism that has accompanied the debate over Common Core State Standards in recent months and years,…

Updated 1:25 p.m. Wednesday with letter from MNEA president:Amid indications that the Missouri state board of education may choose a new commissioner next…

Despite a growing chorus for Chris Nicastro to leave her post as Missouri’s commissioner of elementary and secondary education, the head of the state’s…