Tim Jones

It's Time to Use Test Scores to Determine Teacher Pay

Randy Turner | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Test Prep, Tim Jones, Arne Duncan, Jane Cunningham, Missouri, Testing, Tenure, Education News
Randy Turner

Let's base 100 percent of teacher pay on the results of standardized tests. But if we are to have true educational reform, a concept that seems to be lost when used by those who claim that mantle, I want the following conditions:

Read Post

John Celock

GOP Lawmaker Hopes Coming Out Stops 'Don't Say Gay'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Lgbt, Steve Tilley, Promo Missouri, Video, LGBT Issues, Coming Out of the Closet, Stephen-Webber, Don't Say Gay Missouri, Zach Wyatt, Coming Out Stories, Don't Say Gay, LGBT Rights, Coming Out, Missouri Politics, Steven Cookson, Tim Jones, Politics News

Regret over voting against a bill that would have outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation and fears that the sponsor of the 'Don't Say Gay...

Read Whole Story

Missouri Bill Prohibits Discussion of Sexual Orientation in Classroom

Randy Turner | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Steve Tilley, Sexual Orientation, Tim Jones, Aclu, Public School Teachers, Missouri, Education News
Randy Turner

If a former teacher has his way, the game will change forever in Missouri schools. The students will still have their constitutional rights -- it is the teachers who will have to shed theirs at the door.

Read Post

John Celock

GOP Lawmaker's Facebook Post Calls Same-Sex Marriage 'Legalized Perversion'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Texas, Video, Donna Lichtenegger, California, Missouri Politics, Homeless, Gun Control, Tim Jones, Facebook, Charlie Davis, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News

A Missouri legislator's Facebook post -- shared on the timelines of other lawmakers -- contains a "California to Texas" translation guide that charact...

Read Whole Story

John Celock

GOP Leader Denies Comparing Women To Farm Animals

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Birth Control Pill, Abortion, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Missouri-Abortion-Law, Steve Tilley, Missouri Legislature, Rush Limbaugh, Women's Health, State and Local Government, Sandra Fluke, Missouri Politics, Tim Jones, Birth Control, Medicine, Politics News

The Republican-controlled Missouri House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday afternoon that would allow the denial of certain ...

Read Whole Story

Tim Jones, English Priest, Says Shoplifting Okay At Times

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stealing, Tim Jones, Tim Jones Shoplifting, Shoplifting, World News

LONDON — For a priest in northern England, the commandment that dictates "thou shalt not steal" isn't exactly written in stone. The Rev. Tim Jo...

Read Whole Story