The Joint Education Committee of the Missouri General Assembly is currently studying the issue of open enrollment during their interim session meetings. Open enrollment is a policy that a student would be able to transfer to a school in another district at the will of that student’s parent. Depending on each state’s law, [...]
Two fast moving trains seem to be on a collision course and neither train is showing signs of slowing down. A recent study released by the medical journal Pediatrics shows that diagnosis of autism has increased from 1 in 150 children to 1 in 91 children. This number means about 1% of children born are affect [...]
One of the more head scratching moments I have witnessed since beginning work on education reform came a few weeks ago during a hearing of the Joint Committee on Education at the Capitol in Jefferson City. The only agenda item for the hearing was a presentation by the new Commissioner of the Missouri Department [...]
