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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Missouri Board of Education may lower the GPA requirement for individuals who want to teach specific middle and high school courses. In a presentation Tuesday, state education officials argued ...

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 ...

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 ...

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