More Districts to Try New Standardized Testing System
This school year, six St. Louis-area school districts will begin using a new adaptive testing system to assess student performance...
20 Missouri Districts Get the Green Light to Try New Assessment System
New beginnings are in the air in Missouri. Some families are sending their children off to college for the first...
20 Missouri Districts Seek Exemption from the Missouri Assessment Program
At the most recent state board of education meeting, 20 school districts requested a federal waiver to be exempt from...
We Could Give Teachers a Ten Percent Raise Next Year
In a recent op-ed, I asked, “Why do our best superintendents always leave?” The answer was obvious—the pension system. After...
A $200,000 Retirement Benefit and a $250,000 Salary? Deal!
Ah retirement . . . that glorious time at 57 years of age when you can begin drawing roughly $200,000...
Attracting Students to Saint Louis?
The story of young Edmund Lee, who will be denied the opportunity to continue attending the school of his choice...
Normandy Transfers: Taking It to the Courts
Earlier this week, I sat down with attorney Joshua Schindler. Schindler represents several Normandy students who would like to transfer...
Normandy Transfer: An Evolving Story
After Friday’s decision by Judge Michael Burton that Francis Howell, Ritenour, and Pattonville School Districts would have to accept Normandy...
Show-Me with McGraw Monday Mornings 550 KTRS
In the February 24, 2014, segment with McGraw Milhaven, David Stokes talks about the tax-exempt status of hospitals. David Stokes’s...
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