Missouri Schools

Joplin High School Graduation Marks Year Of Tragedy, Perseverance

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 05.21.2012

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JOPLIN, Mo. — There were tearful remembrances for lost classmates and jokes about spending their senior year in a converted department store. B...

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High School Principal Allegedly Posed As Student On Facebook

Posted 05.07.2012

Students have long been warned against connecting with those they don't know on Facebook, but few at Clayton High School in Missouri could have antici...

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GOP Lawmakers Say 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Would Prevent Bestiality Education

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.24.2012

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Republican lawmakers in Missouri are defending their controversial bill to ban the teaching of sexual orientation in schools as a way to prevent stude...

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Teachers Shoot Rap Video To Get Teens Pumped For Standardized Tests

Posted 04.19.2012

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Standardized tests are getting tougher, and it's getting increasingly harder to motivate students to put forth the time and effort needed to prepare f...

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Desire For U.S. Education Means Breaking Up Families For Sake Of School

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 04.02.2012

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COLUMBIA, Mo. -- As American teenagers go, Sally Kim is pretty typical. She's crazy about singer Bruno Mars and the Plain White T's rock band, spends ...

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Joplin Schools Seek Support For $62 Million Bond Issue For Rebuilding

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 03.23.2012

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JOPLIN, Mo. -- Connie Nance is well aware of the damage caused by the deadly Joplin tornado 10 months ago – "It was right outside my back door,"...

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Dinner At School: More Public Schools Dish Up 3 Meals A Day

AP | By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | Posted 02.18.2012

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Too often it is after the fact that teachers discover their students are worrying less about math and reading and more about where...

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'Teacher of the Year' Accused Of Molesting 4 2nd Grade Boys

AP | By BILL DRAPER | Posted 01.27.2012

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GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. -- A popular suburban Kansas City elementary school teacher who also helped coach children's soccer teams has been charged with mole...

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Monkeys and Solons

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 03.20.2012

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HB 1148 is one of several bills that have cropped up around the country in 2012 that address the problematical issue known as evolution.

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Missouri Copycat Bill Would Require Schools To Verify Student Immigration Status

Posted 01.12.2012

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In a move similar to ones chided by federal courts in Alabama and Arizona, one Kansas City area lawmaker has proposed a bill that would require Missou...

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To Students, Texting While Driving Ban A Matter Of Life And Death

AP | By JIM SUHR and JIM SALTER | Posted 12.18.2011

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ST. JAMES, Mo. -- The text was about something innocuous: A request to go to the county fair. It set off a highway pileup that took two lives, injured...

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Audit Exposes School Principal Who Faked Attendance Records

Posted 11.28.2011

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The principal of a St. Louis, Mo. school inflated attendance records for three years to meet federal requirements and attain more funding, a state aud...

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Controversial Teacher-Facebook Law Repealed

AP | DAVID A. LIEB | Posted 11.23.2011

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Friday to repeal part of a contentious new law that had prohibited teachers from c...

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School Board Un-Bans Slaughter-House Five, Twenty Boy Summer With Restrictions

AP | Posted 11.21.2011

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By the Associated Press REPUBLIC, Mo. (AP) - Two months after removing two books from its curriculum and school library, a southwest Missouri schoo...

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Schools Lose Accreditation After Years Of Failing To Meet Standards

AP | By CHRIS BLANK | Posted 11.21.2011

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri education officials revoked the accreditation of the Kansas City School District on Tuesday after it failed for severa...

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No Friending Students On Facebook? These Teachers Are Suing

AP | By CHRIS BLANK | Posted 10.20.2011

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri teachers' union said Friday that it is challenging a new measure that restricts teachers' use of social networking s...

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For Some Joplin Students, Back To School Means Going To The Mall

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 10.17.2011

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JOPLIN, MO. — Seniors and juniors are taking classes in a converted big-box store. Freshmen and sophomores are in a building across town. The ne...

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School District Sued For Allegedly Illegally Censoring LGBT Websites

Posted 10.16.2011

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The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against a Missouri school district for using software that filters websites advocating for the ...

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For Some Joplin Students, School Means 'The Mall'

NBC News | Sevil Omer | Posted 10.16.2011

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When classes begin in Joplin, Mo., on Wednesday, just 87 days after a tornado ripped through the city, about 900 students will take their seats in an ...

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Vonnegut Library And ACLU Respond To Missouri School's Book Banning

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 10.05.2011

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In response to the Republic, Mo., school board's controversial decision last week to remove "Slaughterhouse-Five" from its high school library and cur...

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Teacher On Facebook Ban: 'I Am Not A Pervert'

AP | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Posted 10.05.2011

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COLUMBIA, Mo. -- As they prepare lesson plans for fall, teachers across Missouri have an extra chore before the new school year begins: purging their ...

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States Seek Waivers In Light Of More Schools Deemed 'Failing' Under NCLB

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.04.2011

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Despite a rise in test scores, 84 percent of Missouri's schools failed to make "adequate yearly progress," according to a report released by the state...

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WATCH: Why Can't Teachers And Students Be Friends On Facebook?

Posted 10.02.2011

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Beginning this school year, Missouri teachers will no longer be able to friend their students on Facebook or other social networks. Missouri Gov. J...

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Charter School Backlash?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.03.2011

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A St. Louis school board member challenging the city's charter schools on a legal technicality knows his claims may not go far -- but that hasn't stop...

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