Yes, Mr. Pratt, Critical Race Theory is Being Taught and Trained in Missouri K-12
Wes Pratt is the chief diversity officer of Missouri State University, and late last week Mr. Pratt gave a presentation...
Wait, the Columbia Public School District Said What about Teaching the 1619 Project?
The 1619 Project will be taught in the Columbia Public School District (CPS) and the instruction is supported by a...
Columbia Public School District Bringing the 1619 Project to Classrooms
This week at a meeting of its school board, the Columbia Public School District officially accepted a grant from the...
What Type of Education Will Parents Want in the Fall?
Recent polling has found that parents are considering different options for their children for this coming school year. Due to...
No, Charter Schools Won’t Take Over Your School District
Recently, the Superintendent of the Hickman Mills School District and officials from the Columbia Public School District spoke out against...
Branson Firefighters Unionize
Last week, Branson firefighters voted 17-7 in favor of unionizing. After the State Board of Mediation finalizes the results, the...
Will HB 42 Hurt Alternative High Schools?
The Columbia Tribune reported that Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Peter Stiepleman and other superintendents across the state are telling Gov....
Courts Should Avoid Setting Policy in Columbia Schools
The Columbia Public School District (CPS) and the union representing teachers in the district, the Columbia Missouri National Education Association (CMNEA),...
Closing Loopholes in the Sunshine Law
Sometimes we like loopholes. Maybe you’ve used one to get out of a traffic ticket or to pay a little...
Don’t Judge a School by Its Building
An article in the Columbia Daily Tribune explains the commotion over the Columbia Public Schools’ brand-new elementary school building. The...
Parents as Teachers: A Middle-Class Entitlement
This article in the Kansas City Star celebrates the Parents as Teachers Program, and the fact that it makes no...
Local Food in Columbia Public Schools
The Columbia Daily Tribune examines school lunches in this interesting article. Like many districts, Columbia Public Schools is trying to...
Responsibility
Tuesday, the Columbia Public Schools superintendent announced that she was retiring. The timing was off. The shuffle of superintendents, either...
Single-Sex Public Education
Schoolhouse Talk links to a New York Times article on single-sex public schools and notes that the Columbia Public Schools...
Is 800 Years Old Enough?
Class Notes links to a post by Kevin Horner about the math wars in Columbia Public Schools. He includes a...
Excellent Work from the Columbia Daily Tribune
I’m sorry to have missed this story over the weekend, but it’s definitely worth noting. Janese Heavin lifted the curtain...
Math Wars
What are "contextual and situational situations"? It has something to do with integrated math, the latest topic of discussion at...
Columbia School District Should Abandon Frivolous Lawsuit
To date, Columbia Public Schools has spent roughly $82,000 on the “adequacy” lawsuit, despite the fact it is a no-win...
Double Trouble
The Class Notes blog reports that Rep. Ed Robb is sponsoring a bill that would allow parents to decide whether...
Customers Benefit from Competition
The Columbia Tribune reports on a debate over legislation that would allow parents more freedom to transfer kids between schools:...
