Despite some districts’ dismal academic outcomes, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has delayed changing any accreditation scores until 2027 – although this may be too late for schoolchildren still enrolled statewide. “A generation of students will graduate from Missouri schools before the state takes action on low performing districts — even […]
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