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Reforming Missouri’s Minimum Teacher Salary

This brief examines the state’s minimum teacher salary and the new proposed plan to increase the state’s minimum salary. Specifically, we examine the Governor’s proposal to increase from $25,000 to $38,000.

TeachersSLU PRiMEMay 2, 2022School of Education at Saint Louis UniversityJ. Cameron Anglum, Anita Manion, Sapna Varkey, Jennifer Sieve Gontram, Evan RhinesmithComment

Missouri’s Teacher Pipeline: Out-of-State Reciprocity and Alternative Pathways

In this brief, we describe Missouri’s certification reciprocity policy, alternative pathways to certification, and potential “blocks” in the pipeline due to salary.

TeachersSLU PRiMEApril 21, 2022School of Education at Saint Louis UniversityEvan Rhinesmith, Markos Wester-RiveraComment

The Impact of Four-Day School Weeks on Teacher Recruitment in Missouri

In this brief, we use data from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) from 2009-2020 to determine the impact of four-day school weeks on teacher recruitment.

Teachers, 4DSWEvan RhinesmithOctober 1, 2021School of Education at Saint Louis UniversityAnita Manion, Sapna VarkeyComment

Policy Analysis: The Rise and Fall of Missouri’s Performance Assessments of Student Teachers

This policy brief chronicles the birth, adoption, and expiration of MoPTA and the educational policy dynamics that prevented the stable adoption of the assessment. We summarize our complete analysis which finds that MoPTA serves as an illustrative study for how teacher education policy delivery is formed and implemented within a network of interdependent actors.

TeachersSLU PRiMEJuly 15, 2021School of Education at Saint Louis UniversityJoseph Nichols, Alexander Cuenca, Andrew DiemerComment

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