Education

A petition completed its first step Wednesday – a movement to allow students to vote on their university governing boards. This means students are one…

In the Shadows of the Slaughterhouse, part 2: Immigrant communities have sprung up around the meatpacking plant in Garden City, Kan., and while change…

In the Shadows of the Slaughterhouse, part 1: Attracted to stable jobs in the meatpacking industry, communities of immigrants are springing up across…

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says he is working toward full funding for public schools by the time he leaves office in January 2017.This year's budget includes…

Leaders of the Columbia public school district plan to seek another $50 million bond issue in April, followed by new $40 million bond proposals every two…

Democratic Governor Jay Nixon has released just over half of the 400 million dollars he withheld earlier this year from Missouri’s current state budget.…

Governor Jay Nixon visited Fairview Elementary in Columbia on Wednesday morning. Nixon went back to the school where his mother used to teach.Nixon was at…

Missouri lawmakers plan to focus on teacher tenure this week.The Legislature's Joint Committee on Education has scheduled a hearing on the issue Tuesday…

Belief systems have a role in shaping the performance of teachers and principles – that’s what MU researcher Noelle Witherspoon-Arnold has found.…

The Kansas City school district is reopening a closed school as part of an effort to ensure students are prepared for kindergarten.Classes will begin…