A Missouri state representative has proposed legislation that would allow teachers to enter classrooms after two years of ...

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.

The proposed Missouri House Bill 2776 aims to create a two-year teacher certification pathway to address teacher shortages in Missouri. The idea is that we need qualified teachers to avoid ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...