School Transfers

Much like apple pie and motherhood, everybody wants better schools and higher student achievement. The only problem is that no one can quite agree what's…

Rep. Rick Stream, chairman of the Missouri House Budget Committee, filed two bills Thursday that could help the Normandy School District avert going…

If Normandy School District goes bankrupt and its students are sent to other area schools, the effect would be dramatic both financially and…

JEFFERSON CITY -- From the start of Monday’s six-hour session considering a variety of ways to help struggling schools, the head of the Missouri board of…

Jo Mannies hosts state House Budget chairman Rick Stream, a Republican from Kirkwood. She was joined by Marshall Griffin of St. Louis Public Radio’s Jefferson City bureau.

As Missouri education officials continue to gather public comment on what the state should do to help unaccredited school districts, one sentiment became…

For CEE-Trust, a consultant hired by Missouri education officials to propose ways to reverse what it calls “disastrous” student performance in Kansas…

Five identical bills that would each revamp Missouri's student transfer law were examined Wednesday by a State Senate committee.Senate Bill 485, Senate…

Every week, St. Louis Public Radio and the Beacon's Chris McDaniel, Jo Mannies and Jason Rosenbaum talk about the week’s politics. It's another two-part…

JEFFERSON CITY -- After hearing a one-hour presentation by CEE-Trust of its proposal on how to help struggling schools in Kansas City -- and possibly…