Race to the Top first round finalists announced
Missouri did not make the cut in the first round selection of Race to the Top; revised application in the works. Read more on the DESE Web site.

2010 Cat Tracks Tour celebrates NEA's Read Across America

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Missouri NEA tours with Cat in the Hat, promotes reading to Missouri schools in NEA’s Read Across America celebration Feb. 26 through March 10

First Lady Georganne Nixon kicks off NEA’s Read Across America with Cat in the Hat at Jefferson City Special Learning Center Feb. 26

Sign up ends March 24 for the
Education Support Professionals Conference
Work in the public schools, but you're not a teacher? This conference is for you. Details >>

Beginning Teacher Assistance Workshops
March 13 and April 24
MNEA and Maryville University team up to offer the I Can Do It beginning teacher assistance program that fulfills the PC-I certification requirement for "participating in a beginning-teacher assistance program sponsored by a college or university." Sign up now.

Court upholds right of Bayless teachers to elect
an exclusive collective bargaining representative
St. Louis County Circuit Court issues order requiring the Bayless School District to “hold an election on the question whether the majority of teachers and certified staff wish to be represented in bargaining by the Bayless Education Association – NEA (“BEA”) ….” Read more >>

Springfield teachers elect Missouri NEA
as exclusive bargaining representative
After three years of wrangling with school administrators, appealing to the court system and participating in a two-part election process, Springfield teachers declared that Springfield NEA will serve as the exclusive representative for the district’s teachers. Read more >>