📰NEW from Avery Frank: 42% of Missouri 4th graders can barely read. Many teacher-prep programs still teach reading methods that don't work. Lawmakers could fix this by refusing to license teachers trained in debunked methods. #moleg
Did you know that the Parkhill School District in Kansas City, MO, spent $230,702,667 in the 2020-2021 school year? Fewer than half of its students (47.9%) are proficient in math.
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NEW: #Missouri is confronted by a threat that it hasn’t seen for a century: a pandemic. It is urgent that our state's health care policies move toward more openness and accessibility. #COVID19#coronavirus#moleg | bit.ly/2R6NWhJ
Did you know that the St. Louis City School District spent $19,928 per student in the 2020-2021 school year? Only 10% of its students are proficient in math.
States that already expanded funding students instead of systems this year:
• West Virginia
• Kentucky
• Indiana
• Florida
• Missouri
• Arkansas
• Georgia
• Montana
• South Dakota
• Maryland