The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education believes that lowering a GPA requirement for teachers will improve teacher recruitment and retention without reducing educator quality.

Governor-elect Mike Kehoe stops by the State Board of Education meeting Tuesday. During the meeting, board members unanimously agreed to lower the GPA requirement for teacher certification Missouri ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Almost half of first-year teachers in Missouri are working without completing a teaching certification program overseen by the state. Daryl Fridley, the educator preparation ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The state’s education department is using federal COVID relief money to pay for certification tests for teachers, an effort to help combat the shortage of educators. Until the ...

The Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education, teachers earn content certification to teach most subjects at the secondary level, or grades 6-12. The Missouri State Board of Education ...

The House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee on Wednesday approved House Bill 2776 for a second time, originally earning a vote of approval in February. The newly approved bill was revised ...

It soon may be easier to become a certified teacher in Missouri. The State Board of Education is considering lowering the grade point average requirement for its teaching subject area from 3.0 to 2.5.

TROY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Kelly Education, the nation’s leading provider of education workforce solutions, announced that it is approved as a vendor by the Missouri Department of Elementary ...

Missouri educators will no longer need a 3.0 grade-point average in their subject area to teach in public schools beginning in July, the Missouri State Board of Education unanimously voted Tuesday.

The Missouri State Board of Education voted Tuesday to offer proposed changes to teacher certification requirements for public comment, according to a news release from the Department of Elementary ...

Missouri Program Aims to Address Teacher Shortage and Support Schools with Qualified Substitute Educators “Kelly Education has a longstanding commitment to recruiting and retaining qualified ...