CECM Supports Charter Schools on “The Jaco Report”
CECM recently appeared on “The Jaco Report” to support charter public schools. The show is a local issues show that airs on St. Louis’ Fox affiliate on Sunday mornings.
CECM recently appeared on “The Jaco Report” to support charter public schools. The show is a local issues show that airs on St. Louis’ Fox affiliate on Sunday mornings.
Results are in on Missouri’s first-round application for the $4.35 billion “Race to the Top Fund” and they are not pretty. The state finished a distant 33rd out of 41 applicants. Forty states and the District of Columbia participated in the first round of the U.S. Department of Education’s competitive grant program, which aims to bolster states…
Reviewers of Missouri’s $743.5 million Race to the Top application had numerous negative comments for the state’s application as it related to charter schools and state law restricting them to only the districts of St. Louis and Kansas City. Below are some of the comments taken directly from the review forms.
The March 2010 State Board of Education meeting primarily focused on reviewing the budget passed by the Missouri House of Representatives. State Board members heard the dire state of Missouri’s budget and discussed ways for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to save money and adequately fund education.