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The statewide standardized test, the Missouri Assessment Program, would only be used to meet federal requirements. Carter added a five-year sunset to the bill, hoping to win over skeptics in the ...

The statewide standardized test, the Missouri Assessment Program, would only be used to meet federal requirements. Carter added a five-year sunset to the bill, hoping to win over skeptics in the S ...

The expanded course builds on the success of Essential Education's initial release last year, which introduced Spanish-language instruction for Reading and Language Arts. Following overwhelmingly ...

With sweeping auto levies, the president is putting his beliefs about tariffs into practice on the global economy. Economists aren’t optimistic. By Ana Swanson Ana Swanson is based in Washington ...

Upholding the cap that lawmakers adopted would help ensure that Missouri physicians have access to affordable professional medical liability insurance, discourage the practice of defensive medicine ...