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.
The Children’s Education Council of Missouri submitted an opinion piece on the unanswered questions regarding legislation to merge the states two education departments. SJR 44 and SJR 45 would place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that, if passed, would merge the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) with the Department of Higher [...]
CECM was happy to see the St. Louis Beacon review the comments on Missouri’s $743.5 million Race to the Top application and note some of the very telling quotes from the reviewers on why Missouri placed 33rd out of 41 applicants.
Quotes on Missouri application related to charter limitations.
Quotes on Missouri application related to overall conditions [...]
Does school choice lead to resegregation?
By Dale Singer, Beacon staff
Posted 4:47 p.m. Wed., 02.24.10 – A new report on the racial makeup of enrollment in the nation’s charter schools says two goals seem to be colliding: deregulation and desegregation.
The research conducted by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA says that as more students [...]
