Enrollment numbers up
Despite tough economic times and spiralling tuition costs, more and more students are headed for Missouri universities. Enrollment figures at Missouri State University in Springfield and Southeast...
View ArticleGov. Nixon announces nearly $18 million to educate Missourians for careers in...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 19, 2012 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon announced today that Missouri community colleges will receive nearly $18 million in competitive funds to prepare adult...
View ArticleVideo: Wisconsin teachers, Act 10, and socialism
Teachers in Wisconsin were back out in front of the state capitol this week, talking about Wisconsin’s law imposing some collective bargaining limits that was struck down. But the teachers reveal more...
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TX: Duncan calls for state property tax for schools
By Mark Lisheron | Texas Watchdog AUSTIN — State Sen. Robert Duncan has banged his biennial gong for Texas to take over property tax collection for public education. Normally timed prior to a session...
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FL: ADL says religious freedom amendment ‘meant to deceive voters’
By Marianela Toledo | Florida Watchdog MIAMI— At ballot boxes this fall, Florida voters will have the opportunity to overturn a 127-year-old ban on public funds being funneled to education groups with...
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FL: Nombre de enmienda ocho, engaña a votantes dice ONG
Por Marianela Toledo | Florida Watchdog LIBERTAD: La Liga Anti-Defmation dice una enmienda constitucional que pretende engañar a los votantes MIAMI— En las urnas este otoño, los votantes de la Florida...
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VAN BEEK: Like Lake Wobegon, all MI teachers are above average
By Michael Van Beek | Michigan Capitol Confidential Michael Van Beek A new report from The Education Trust-Midwest finds that 99.4 percent of teachers from 10 of Michigan’s largest school districts...
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VA: 93 percent of schools are accredited, but 100 are on ‘warning’ status
By Kenric Ward | Virginia Watchdog FREDERICKSBURG — The state Department of Education announced Wednesday that 93 percent of public schools earned accreditation for the current year. But there’s a...
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MI: Zero tolerance for drugs, drinking not so for teachers
By Tom Gantert | Michigan Capitol Confidential A union contract says teachers can only be fired for using alcohol or illegal drugs after being caught multiple times. LANSING — Forget zero tolerance....
View ArticleCigarette tax bus hits the road
Supporters of Proposition B are traveling the state by school bus this week to get their point across about where money raised by a higher cigarette tax would go. The tour is started in springfield...
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CO: Recovery Act stimulates lots of research at CU, but few jobs
By Dan Njegomir | Colorado Watchdog OUT THERE: Millions of dollars is federal stimulus money is being spent on academic research, including studies to determine why spiders glow. DENVER — U.S....
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NV: ‘Hobos’ remark ignites Heller, Berkley debate
By Sean Whaley | Nevada News Bureau HELLER: His “hobos” steered the debate. CARSON CITY — It took about 10 minutes for U.S. Sen. Dean Heller and U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley to mix it up in their first...
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WI: Testing ACT: Is test accountable to workforce needs?
By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter Is Wisconsin public schools ACT plan more teaching to the test? Will it effectively fill the skills gap facing the Badger State economy? MADISON — The Wisconsin...
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DeGROW: University political giving, obscure research ‘stimulus’ funding may...
By Ben DeGrow | Special to Colorado Watchdog Ben DeGrow Two stories from three Watchdog reporters about one university, two months apart. The result? One serious case of head-scratching irony....
View ArticleEducation group sues Mizzou
An education advocacy group is suing Mizzou. The National Council on Teacher Quality filed the complaint in Cole County Court this week. The group says The University of Missouri refuses to turn over...
View ArticleSt. Louis schools granted provisional accreditation
Some progress to report for the St. Louis city school district. The Missouri State Board of Education today has improved the district’s rating to provisionally accredited. The move comes after years...
View ArticleUniversity gets record endowment
A news media company is giving the University of Missouri big bucks to keep turning out tomorrow’s journalists. The Donald W.Reynolds Foundation announced Thursday it was giving the University’s School...
View ArticleMissouri Viewpoints – Missourians and Mobile Technology: What’s At Stake Now...
By Mike Ferguson Can Missouri move to an information and technology-based economy? Probably not right away, but the way states use or get left behind the latest technology will likely determine...
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