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Missouri NEA celebrates 40th Anniversary
Missouri NEA is celebrating 40 years of "Something Better" this year. In 1973, a group of concerned educators began the process of creating a ...
National Teacher Hall of Fame selects Smithville member as 2013 inductee
Daryl Johnson, a high school English teacher from Smithville, MO, is one of five to be inducted into the National Teacher Hall of Fame in 2013. Joh...
MNEA delegates elect officers, adopt budget, present awards at 2013 Spring Representative Assembly
At its April 20-21 meeting, the Missouri NEA Representative Assembly approved a new MNEA budget and resolutions, and honored excellence through MNE...
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5/22/2013 2:09:55 AM

In this May 20, 2013, photo, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor smiles after receiving a Honorary Doctor of Laws during commencement at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. Among her messages to graduates of Yale Law School, where Sotomayor received her law degree in 1979: A justice’s life isn’t all glamour. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the author of a unanimous decision delivered at the Supreme Court on Monday, but Sotomayor was hundreds of miles from Washington when the court convened.
5/21/2013 7:16:15 PM

CORRECTS NAME OF SCHOOL TO PLAZA TOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - An aerial view of Plaza Towers Elementary School that was damaged in Monday's tornado Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Oklahoma. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening an entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up.
5/21/2013 10:27:11 AM
The percentage of children in Wisconsin public schools who come from families poor enough to receive free and reduced-priced lunches has increased for the ninth year in a row. The state Department of Public ...
5/21/2013 10:09:46 AM
The president of the North Dakota Board of Higher Education said Monday he's not sure if the group gave a fair hearing to plans on tuition increases and wants to revisit the idea. The board approved a ...
5/21/2013 9:57:07 AM
When it comes to paying for your child's college education, do you feel prepared? Putting money aside in a regular savings account likely won't help you reach your goals the same way other savings vehicles can, like a 529 plan - an account specifically designed to encourage saving for educational costs.

  
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What's Happening On Captiol Hill...
5/22/2013 6:52:26 AM
Confirming the worst-kept secret in politics, former Rep. Anthony Weiner has officially confirmed he’s running for New York City mayor, telling voters in a YouTube video that he wants a second chance in politics. "I made some big mistakes, and I know I let a lot of people down, but I also learned some tough [...]
5/22/2013 5:47:12 AM
For a talented, creative few, there’s David Letterman. For most, there’s a labyrinth of paperwork, hard decisions and painful sacrifices that could have dramatic repercussions on their financial health decades from now. Paying for college in America is hard. And a fight may be brewing in Washington that could leave college grads paying more—maybe a [...]
5/21/2013 5:03:26 PM
Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner, who leads the exempt organizations division under scrutiny for targeting conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, is refusing to testify before Congress, the Los Angeles Times reports. Lerner was supposed to appear before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday. The Times reports that Lerner's attorney, William W. Taylor III, [...]
5/21/2013 3:45:33 PM
President Barack Obama on Tuesday filled out his Presidential Commission on Election Administration, which was created to improve election systems in the United States. "As I said in my State of the Union Address, when any American, no matter where they live or what their party, is denied that right [to vote] simply because too [...]
5/21/2013 1:25:23 PM
When John Kennedy Jr., son of the former president, died with his wife and sister-in-law in a plane crash in 1999, I heard a well-known televangelist assured us that “this is all part of God’s plan.”
5/21/2013 4:37:24 PM

IRS 'Blemish' Prompts Scorn From SenatorsDouglas Shulman, the former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, said today he was “dismayed and saddened” that his agency had improperly targeting conservative groups, but declined to offer a direct apology and dismissed suggestions that he mislead Congress. The testimony from Shulman, who was...