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Aligned is a nonprofit, nonpartisan coalition of business leaders committed to improving education in Kansas and Missouri.




This week’s highlights: Top News - For the second year in a row, leaders in Kansas are pushing a plan to consolidate early childhood programs and services currently spread across multiple state departments. Missouri Update - Kids Win Missouri, with the support of Aligned, proposes the Missouri...

This week’s highlights: Top News - School choice remains a top priority for Governor Mike Kehoe’s administration, and this week, Missouri lawmakers made progress on one key component—open enrollment. Missouri Update - Bills related to educator tax deductions, hazing legislation, and open enrollment...

This week’s highlights: Top News - This week, NAEP test results revealed a sobering look at student achievement in the United States. Missouri Update - Governor Mike Kehoe wants to rewrite the state education funding formula. Kansas Update - Aligned has been actively engaging lawmakers on the...





Aligned Case Study
In this case study, we showcase the success of the Visiting Scholars Certification Pathway. In 2018, Aligned worked with the Missouri General Assembly to pass legislation establishing and expanding the Visiting Scholar Certificate. This certificate is available to individuals with an academic degree or related occupational experience in a secondary content area. Qualified individuals must be employed by a Missouri public school district as part of a business-education partnership initiative designed to build career pathways systems for students or employed as part of an initiative designed to fill vacant positions in hard-to-staff public schools or hard-to-fill subject areas for students in a grade or grades not lower than the ninth grade.
In this case study, we showcase the success of the Visiting Scholars Certification Pathway. In 2018, Aligned worked with the Missouri General Assembly to pass legislation establishing and expanding the Visiting Scholar Certificate. This certificate is available to individuals with an academic degree or related occupational experience in a secondary content area. Qualified individuals must be employed by a Missouri public school district as part of a business-education partnership initiative designed to build career pathways systems for students or employed as part of an initiative designed to fill vacant...


