Missouri: A Parent Speaks Up for St. Louis Public Schools
The Republican-controlled legislature in Missouri has imposed charter schools on the state’s two urban districts (but not their own). The legislature is now considering HB1552,...
Category : Missouri
Missouri: A Report from the Front Lines
An educator in Missouri who is known to me wrote the following: They drive us crazy. The Governor is in favor of anything that allows...
Missouri: A List of Bills Filed by Legislators for the Next Term
A group committed to equity in schools—the Missouri Equity Education Partnership—posted a list of bills that have been filed for the 2022 session of the...
Missouri Parent to Legislature: Don’t Defund Our Rural Schools with Charters and Vouchers
The Network for Public Education created a website where. Parents could express their views about their schools. This post was written by Jessica Piper, a...
St. Louis: Business Leaders Press for Charter School Expansion, While Public Schools Lose Students and Resources
An organization of business leaders in St. Louis issued a demand for more “high quality schools” (by which they mean privately managed charter schools). But...
Missouri: GOP Passes Vouchers
The voucher movement should be dead, in light of the numerous evaluations showing that voucher schools do not get better results than public schoools, and...
Roy Blunt and the Cowardice of the GQP Establishment
Kevin McDermott of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch excoriated retiring Senator Roy Blunt as a symbol of a cowering GQP establishment that failed to stand up...
Missouri: Republicans Pass Voucher Program, Consider “Rush Limbaugh Day”
Republicans hold a supermajority in the Missouri legislature. They can pass whatever they want. The House just passed the first voucher law in the state’s...
ALERT: MISSOURI PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PERIL!
If you live in Missouri, get active to stop this dangerous effort to destroy your public schools! Dear Friend, If you love your public schools...
Katherine Stewart: Josh Hawley, Religious Zealot
Katherine Stewart is the nation’s leading chronicler of Christian nationalism and the religious right. Her latest book, The Power Worshippers, is a must-read; I reviewed...