Children's Education Council of Missouri » Main http://www.cec-mo.org CECM Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:51:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 CECM and Allies Defeat Education Department Merger http://www.cec-mo.org/main/cecm-allies-defeat-education-department http://www.cec-mo.org/main/cecm-allies-defeat-education-department#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 15:39:00 +0000 earl http://www.cec-mo.org/?p=1011 The Children’s Education Council of Missouri worked with the Missouri Education Reform Council and the Black Alliance for Educational Options to defeat the proposed merger of the state’s education departments. SJR 44 & SJR 45 would have placed a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that, if passed, would combine the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) with the Department of Higher Education (DHE).

CECM and our allies felt the pending legislation left many unanswered questions about the merger. The House Higher Education agreed and decided to not take a vote on the merger during the last week of the session. Instead, the committee will request that the Joint Education Committee study the issue during their interim meetings.

We hope that the interim study will provide details about how the merger would work. We will watch this issue closely during the interim and next legislative session.

]]> http://www.cec-mo.org/main/cecm-allies-defeat-education-department/feed 0 CECM Participates in US Civil Rights Commission Panel on SLPS http://www.cec-mo.org/main/cecm-participates-civil-rights http://www.cec-mo.org/main/cecm-participates-civil-rights#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 16:07:59 +0000 earl http://www.cec-mo.org/?p=1020 On Saturday, May 22 the Children’s Education Council of Missouri participated in a panel discussion with the Missouri Advisory Committee to the US Civil Rights Commission on the St. Louis Public School district (SLPS).  The panel discussed the current state of the SLPS and asked the panel for recommendations on how to improve the district and return the district to “accredited” status.  Participants included:

Dr. Kelvin Adams, Superintendent of the St. Louis Public Schools

Dr. Chris Nicastro, Missouri Education Commissioner

Dr. William H. Danforth, Chancellor Emeritus, Washington University

Allen S. Boston, General Counsel Special Administrative Board

Dr. Craig Larson, Chairperson Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corporation

Byron Clemmons, Vice- President Local 420 Teacher’s Union, SLPS

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