http://kbia.org en http://kbia.org/post/more-mo-students-receive-career-tech-education <p>More Missouri students are training for future careers while still in high school.</p><p>Sixty-three percent of the state's high school students participated in at least one career or technical education program in the 2011-2012 school year. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says that's a 3 percent increase from the previous year.</p> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:19:14 +0000 Associated Press 28890 at http://kbia.org More Mo. students receive career, tech education http://kbia.org/post/mo-public-schools-improve-still-rank-low <p></p><p>Missouri's public schools are 41st in the country in <a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/01/10/16sos.h32.html?tkn=RLRF%2B4mUV1fjxGZAPk7Od%2FfW1p2K2SFHTAx9&amp;cmp=clp-edweek&amp;intc=EW-QC13-EWH"><em>Education Week</em></a>'s annual rankings.</p><p>The publication released its 2013 "Quality Counts" rankings Thursday. Missouri's overall grade was a C, up slightly from last year's grade of C minus.</p> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:39:55 +0000 Associated Press 27110 at http://kbia.org Mo. public schools improve, but still rank low http://kbia.org/post/st-louis-schools-re-accredited <div style="margin: 0px 0px 10pt;"><p><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="Arial,sans-serif">St. Louis schools are no longer unaccredited, following a unanimous vote today by the State Board of Education. Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:18:12 +0000 Marshall Griffin 22918 at http://kbia.org St. Louis schools re-accredited