Ok, checking to see if some of my Twitter friends are trained in Hillbilly wisdom. What’s the fix for spilled salt to avoid bad luck? My kids are waiting to see if I’m the only one trained in the dark arts of Hillbilly ways 😃 #CookysGoldenCity

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Springfield's Tom Prater appointed to Missouri Board of Education, replaces Branson's Peter Herschend, who first joined the board in 1991. news-leader.com/story/news/edu… via News-Leader Missouri DESE Margie Vandeven Springfield Public Schools

#Breaking US Census Bureau U.S. Census Bureau releases new report updating 2020 census estimates for young children after identifying significant 'undercounts' of children ages 0-4. One million lower than benchmark estimate — an undercount of 5.46%-larger than any other age group.…

Currently, on the main @MoEducation website for job openings MoTeachingJobs.com, there are currently 279 vacancies posted for Special Education Teacher jobs in Missouri schools. MoASSP MOASBO MASA Leaders Special Ed, Leadership & Professional Studies

3 sisters spent 93 years serving Christian County school boards. Melissa Randol ⁦MSBA⁩ 'We've all benefited from their service because they are not motivated by doing anything other than what is right and best for Missouri students.' news-leader.com/story/news/edu…

Teacher salary scale for St. Charles--currently represented by Missouri State Senator Bill Eigel. Senator Eigel wants to be Governor--yet he's struggling to support a minimum teacher salary scale of $40,000 for teachers in rural Missouri. God bless the child that’s got his own.

Bipartisan Missouri lawmakers are concerned about the lack of transparency in Missouri’s nearly two-year-old private school tax credit. In the program’s first enrollment class, 33% of students had attended private schools the prior year. MASA Leaders missouriindependent.com/2024/04/10/mis…

The Census Bureau is set to release on April 11 the Demographic Analysis estimates of state and county net coverage error for children ages 0 to 4 in the 2020 Census. census.gov/newsroom/press… MOASBO MASA Leaders

Missouri legislature #moleg patting themselves on the back because they may raise the @MoEducation teacher minimum salary to $40,000. Need to ask for some additional funding to build a wall along the southern border -of Missouri. MASA Leaders MSTA Missouri NEA Missouri DESE

Missouri's teacher shortage isn't getting any better. Will lawmakers act on a plan to fix it? This is an interesting article; please note that since the graphics included in the article were done, Arkansas has raised the minimum teacher salary to $50,000. kcur.org/education/2024…

Missouri legislature is scheduled to vote tomorrow on a bill, if passed, which will result in the consolidation of rural Missouri schools. Use the link NOW to contact your legislator. Let them know you support Missouri rural schools! p2a.co/Szv3UbU Missouri Farm Bureau

The Missouri legislature is scheduled to vote tomorrow on a bill, if passed, which will result in the consolidation of rural Missouri schools. Use the link NOW to contact your legislator. Let them know you support Missouri rural schools! p2a.co/Szv3UbU

Congratulations to ⁦Missouri State⁩ ⁦Special Ed, Leadership & Professional Studies⁩ on receiving the Exemplary Rural Special Education Award for Excellence in Preservice/Inservice Training from American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES).

An Elementary School Tries a ‘Radical’ Idea: Staying Open 12 Hours a Day. A Brooklyn charter school is experimenting with a new way to help families by expanding the school day. Students can arrive at 7 a.m. and leave any time before 7 p.m. For free.

nytimes.com/2024/04/09/nyr…

A teacher promised his 1978 class an eclipse party. He just hosted it. Over 100 students showed up in his driveway. It wasn't about seeing the eclipse--it was about seeing their long retired teacher. ⁦NEA⁩ ⁦Missouri NEA⁩ ⁦MSTA⁩ wapo.st/4aM5FRZ

We asked U.S. public K-12 teachers about some of the challenges students at their school are facing. Three problems topped the list:

Poverty (53%)
Chronic absenteeism (49%)
Anxiety and depression (48%)

Dive into our full report: pewrsr.ch/3xpvk4N

Many kind people in this world! We're in Arkansas for the eclipse. The boys brought fishing poles, Ava didn't. Meet Maxine from Grove, OK-a total stranger-she was having none of it! She got Ava set up and Ava caught the only fish! Ava will never forget Maxine. #BeLikeMaxine

Ran out to Mansfield to visit the Baker Creek Tulip Festival. It gets bigger every year! Highly recommend their big Spring Planting Festival May 12 & 13—you won't be disappointed and stop by the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum while you're in Mansfield. Missouri Division of Tourism News