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The Missouri State Teachers Association strongly opposes a plan by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to seek a waiver from federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation.
The teachers’ biggest objection is that the state education agency has not completed a financial impact study to determine the associated costs of the new state plan to local school districts and Missouri taxpayers.
Kent King, director of the Missouri State Teachers Association, said the department has not even indicated if it ever intends to complete a financial impact study.
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wyriontair 1 year, 2 months ago
I find this interesting that when NCLB was signed into law, the majority of teachers complained over and over against it. Now they oppose a waiver? I'd sure like to see teachers organizations just tell their members to get back to basics and teach like they did before organizations existed, children did a whole lot better then.
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