Weekly Update
This Week's Highlights:
Top story — Missouri's literacy infrastructure is in place, but implementation is lagging. New state data shows just 34% of PreK-5 teachers have completed or enrolled in science-of-reading training, even as a rural coaching collaborative delivers striking early results.
Kansas — The House passes a scholarship tax credit expansion and advances a cell phone ban after two days of debate produce a split framework for public and private schools.
Missouri — Accountability report cards, open enrollment, child care tax credits, and a new literacy bill adding a universal reading screener and third-grade retention all advance.
Feature — Edunomics Lab's WANDA tool makes visible what many districts haven't confronted: staffing and enrollment diverged during the federal relief window, and the math is coming due.