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Weekly Update — 05/01/26
This originally appeared in Aligned’s weekly newsletter. Want future updates in your inbox? Sign up today. A promising side effect of cell phone bans Much of our work focuses on legislation, data, and the big debates shaping education and workforce policy.…
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Post-Session Analysis: 2026 Missouri Education Policy
Event Overview Join Aligned for a high-level breakdown of the 2026 Missouri Legislative Session and what it means for education policy, students, schools, and the state’s workforce moving forward. This webinar will walk through the major education issues, key bills,…
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Weekly Update — 04/24/26
This originally appeared in Aligned’s weekly newsletter. Want future updates in your inbox? Sign up today. Missouri’s assessment pilot and the case for balanced accountability Missouri’s new assessment pilot has given life to an age-old debate in education policy. As we wrote last August,…
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Missouri Teacher Workforce Series: Part 3
The Fragility of the Missouri Teaching Workforce How Temporary Fixes are Becoming Permanent Solutions in Missouri Classrooms Missouri’s teacher workforce is holding together, albeit in different ways than before. This third report in Aligned’s Missouri Teacher Workforce Series examines how…
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TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today announced she has signed Senate Bill 82, which expands access to tax credits for employer expenses for child care and contributions to third parties that expan…
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