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This week’s highlights: Top News - Enrollment decline lurks behind many conversations in education, fueling concern across the spectrum from early childhood through higher education Missouri Update - the Missouri House Budget Committee approved HB 2, allocating $8.2 billion for elementary and...
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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...
This week’s highlights: Top News - Kansas Lawmakers Weigh Property Tax Relief Missouri Update - Early childhood council discusses program updates & strategic initiatives Kansas Update - Education policy proposals emerge in Topeka Additional Highlights - Brian Brush joins Aligned board Read our...
This week’s highlights: Top News - Governor Mike Kehoe credits mentorship in inauguration day speech. Missouri Update - Aligned and other child advocates met with Speaker Jon Patterson to discuss a proposal to create a community childcare exchange. Kansas Update - Governor Laura Kelly addresses...
This week’s highlights: Top News - Missouri releases playbook to curb teacher shortages. Missouri Update - Newly installed legislative leaders prioritize children Kansas Update - Members of the Kansas Legislature set their sights on a shorter session. Additional Highlights - Aligned unveils policy...
This week’s highlights: Top News - Aligned will continue to focus on early care and education solutions, open enrollment and college access, and school finance reform. Yesterday, we presented our priorities for 2025 to lawmakers and partners in a webinar detailing our priorities' specifics. Missouri...
The Missouri Times published an opinion piece this week penned by Tyler Nottberg, Aligned's co-founder and the Chairman and CEO of Kansas City-based U.S. Engineering, that gives an executive's perspective on fine-tuning Missouri's early childhood system. Read below. Build. Solve. Evolve. That’s our...