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This week’s highlights: Top News - As Kansas and Missouri work through their education budgets and consider changes to how they fund schools, special education funding is getting long-overdue attention — and the conversation couldn’t come at a more critical time. Missouri Update - ​The Department of...

This week’s highlights: Top News - Although the national test that measures academic achievement may have limitations, the data consistently shows that too many students are not proficient at reading, and progress remains slow. Missouri Update - House committee debates bill to ban Three-Cueing...

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...

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...