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Jon Turner

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4 months

Iowa high school principal Dan Marburger, who engaged a shooter to give his students time to escape earlier this month, has died of his injuries. Thinking of his family and Perry Community School today; he'd served the kids in Perry for over 25 years. He is a hero. #RIP @NASSP

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My provocative Tweet of the day.

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3 years

I follow the @AuschwitzMuseum as a daily reminder of people like Maria Buchta. She died only 78 years ago. I believe history helps us remember the greatness and evil possible in humanity. I believe history should be taught in schools. Today I say your name out loud Maria Buchta.

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8 August 1881 | A Polish woman, Maria Buchta, was born in Groszkowice. In #Auschwitz from 4 December 1942. No. 26489 She perished in the camp on 11 March 1943.

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1 year

Expecting another round of court losses, Mo Attorney General Schmitt dismisses dozens of lawsuits he filed against ⁦ @MOEducation ⁩ school districts over COVID rules. Lee’s Summit district has refused to end its case quietly. ⁦ @MASALeaders ⁩

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2 months

Oh—-to have a Governor who defends public schools and calls out “school choice” for what it is—-a way for corporations to get their hands on 💵💰💵💰💵.

Governor Andy Beshear

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2 months

Public dollars are for public schools. Period.

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1 year

The push towards consolidation of rural schools is a tune folks have heard before. Large corporate farms are more efficient—so lets build large corporate farms. We know how that turned out. It will be the same for schools—small rural schools ARE IMPORTANT-it’s about kids not $.

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5 months

Troubling that Missouri is one of only two states west of the Mississippi River with negative economic growth in 2023. The Mo plan to reduce business and corporate taxes and spend less on education and workforce development doesn't seem to be working.

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2 years

Things that make you go-----" and why again are we having a teacher shortage?"

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2 years

Family of St. Louis school shooter asked police to remove gun from home. Police officers determined that the suspect was lawfully permitted in Missouri to possess the firearm, police said.

FBI background check blocked CVPA shooter from buying a gun. Then he found a private seller

The gunman at Central Visual Performing Arts High School obtained his firearm from a private seller after an FBI background check blocked his attempt to buy one from a licensed dealer, St. Louis …

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2 months

Keeping this simple. Pains me to write this (as at least a 6th generation Missourian on both sides)-but #moleg , can we at least catch up with Arkansas on salaries before you start shoveling money into private school-like organizations? You're harming MO rural kids & communities.

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1 year

Interesting that many of the same folks in Missouri legislature #MoLeg that were determined to make sure no cloth would cover a nose or mouth during a pandemic are the same folks that force women to cover their arms.

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1 year

I've heard today that President Carter ⁦ @CarterCenter ⁩ has decided to enter hospice care. Our youngest son, Carter, is named in his honor. Our prayers are with President and Mrs Carter today. A life well lived! Well done faithful servant. Until we meet again.

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10 months

I don't know @crystal_quade . As she announces her run for Governor today, I want to share this story. Few years back, I was in an EMPTY capitol looking for an office. Crystal came up to me and asked if she could help--she did, when she could have easily just walked by. 👏👍😃

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1 year

Missouri lawmakers push for mandatory 5-day school week eliminating 4-day week option. “There is broad bipartisan support to get this done,” Democratic State Senator Doug Beck of St. Louis County. @MoEducation @MASALeaders

Missouri lawmakers push for mandatory 5-day school week

Independence School District Superintendent Dale Herl is concerned lawmakers may prevent his district from going to a four-day week in 2023-2024.

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2 years

My latest updated map of @MoEducation four-day school week school districts. Recent additions include @TwinRiversRX , Malden, and Louisiana. 21 new districts (shown in black) in addition to the current 119. Next year 27% of Missouri schools on the shortened week. @MASALeaders

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26 days

MO House votes to expand school vouchers, which sends money to corporate schools with no voter oversight. It sets minimum teacher salary $10,000 less than Arkansas. All but 3 Dems voted NO. Thanks to 24 Republicans, under tremendous pressure, that also supported public schools.

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3 years

Mo lawmaker @HillforMissouri who last week told Mo teacher @EnglishTeach07 that pointed out their salary didn't keep up with inflation "Get a different job. No one owes you anything"- now skips his own swearing-in to attend rally that attacks Capital

Missouri lawmaker skips his own swearing-in to attend Trump rally in Washington

Rep. Justin Hill led an effort in the Missouri House to question the outcome of the November election

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10 months

Buddy, love your new Jag—-very impressive. Now could you pay the taxes and replace your TEMPORARY tags. 8 months overdue may impress the ladies but not your fellow taxpayers. @MissouriRevenue #OldManRant

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1 year

When @MOEducation largest school district @officialSPS passes a $220 million bond issue with 78% vote you realize the anti-public school crowd @ShowMe @MissouriCentury are a loud & very well financed voice for a very small percentage of MO voters. #KeepPublicMoneyInPublicSchools

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The Missouri Speaker of the House takes time away from trying to circumvent ethics investigations to attempt to take a “victory spin” on an education bill THAT NO EDUCATION GROUP SUPPORTED. It did not go well.

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1 year

Missouri educators to fight as open enrollment plan gains steam. Tim Dilg @tdilg , superintendent of the Valley Park, “The timing of all of this seems like it’s a very intentional act to divide us rather than strengthen us.” #Amen @MASALeaders @MOEducation

Missouri educators vow to fight as open enrollment plan gains steam

The number of students allowed to transfer out of a school district could total 3% of the prior year's enrollment.

www.stltoday.com

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4 months

His daughter asked the community to show grace to the 17 year old gunman’s family “as we are not our kids mistakes and actions...remember this is something Dylan’s family has to live with too, as well as losing their child…”

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4 years

MO Dept of Elem and Sec Ed @MoEducation announces that in order to help alleviate the potential shortage of substitute teachers Gov Parson approved their request to temporarily waive state statutes that limit the number of hours worked and salary earned by retirees. @MASALeaders

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1 year

Glad to hear #MoLeg is back in session and started their work on the hard stuff. Missouri House of Representatives used its session’s opening day Wednesday to tighten the dress code for female legislators.

Missouri Republicans adopt stricter House dress code — but just for women

Democrats denounced the "ridiculous" changes, which require female legislators to keep their arms covered.

www.washingtonpost.com

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3 months

I support raising Missouri @MoEducation teacher @MSTA @MissouriNEA minimum salary to the same daily rate as a Missouri legislator. I'm also in favor of giving them a per diem while they're in session, which is $125.60 per day for legislators, for classroom supplies.

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8 months

I can NEVER post this message too much. Stop profiteers and their bought and paid-for supporters in elected positions from funneling public dollars into for-profit "educational service providers." Public schools are a building block of our society. Some place their crosshairs on…

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1 year

Final-144 four-day school week districts in @MoEducation this year. Apologies to three new I had been missing--Mirabile, Kingsville, and Plainview. Resources @ have been updated. 28% of Mo public schools on shortened week--new shown in black. @MASALeaders

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1 year

This is BIG #BreakingNews -Independence School Board @ISDSchools votes this evening to transition to the 4 day school week next year on a 6-1 vote. With 14,000+ students, lots of eyes have been on this vote in @MOEducation . @MASALeaders @MissouriSBA @moasbo @MSTA @MOASSP @MoAESP

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29 days

By driving across the Missouri/Arkansas border most Missouri teachers ⁦ @MOEducation ⁩ can get at least a $10,000 raise—-many cases $20,000. It's a big deal. I'm not a conspiracy theory guy—-but it could make you think #moleg is doing this for a reason.

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3 months

Explains why I get to spend time in border @MoEducation school districts trying to figure out how to help young teachers stay in Missouri. Your heart 🩷couldn't handle the map for veteran teachers. Border teachers can drive 5 miles out of state for a $20,000+ raise. #moleg

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1 year

North Callaway R-1 School District announces Mrs. Kenya Thompson as the district’s next superintendent effective July 1, 2023, in lieu of Mrs. Nicole Kemp’s retirement. She is currently principal of Boonville High School. #Congrats @MASALeaders

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2 years

The thing is—-A HUGE MAJORITY of parents love their public schools. Gallup numbers reveal that the people who seem to be driving the negative feelings toward American schools do not have children attending them. ⁦ @MASALeaders ⁩ ⁦ @MOEducation ⁩

Opinion | Who’s Unhappy With Schools? The Answer Surprised Me. (Published 2022)

Most parents say they’re satisfied with their children’s education.

www.nytimes.com

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5 months

As an old history teacher this map of the slave population of Missouri would often amaze kids. The southern part of Missouri had far fewer slaves than the northern part of the state in 1861. The #GOP roots of the Ozarks had a connection to the anti-slavery tradition of the hills.

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5 months

When some claim "record funding" for @MoEducation schools---notice where they live. Schools are not funded equally in Missouri--rural kids are not a priority. Suburban Kirkwood and rural Warren County schools 45 miles apart--funding difference? $2709 per child. #RuralKidsMatter

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6 months

New report from National Rural Education Assoc @nrea1 finds Missouri’s @MOEducation rural teachers have the 2nd-worst pay in US. Move by Arkansas bumping minimum teacher salary to $50k pushes Mo rural teachers to bottom. @MASALeaders @moasbo @MissouriSBA

Missouri’s rural teachers have the second-worst pay in the country

A new report found Missouri’s rural teachers are paid better only than those in Arkansas.

www.stlpr.org

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4 months

I'm not a conspiracy-type person, but some of the actions in the Missouri legislature #moleg make me nervous as a rural schools advocate. Is there a reason they're dragging their feet on the huge challenges rural teachers and schools face?

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2 years

Crawford County R-2 Schools @CCR2_Supt becomes the latest @MOEducation school district to adopt the four-day school week for next year. I'm confident we'll exceed 30% of Missouri public schools on the shortened week next year--mainly due to teacher shortage. @MASALeaders

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1 year

Missouri DESE @MoEducation weighs in on Independence approval of 4-day week, “we don’t have a lot of data to support if that’s a decision made with students’ best interest." 13 yrs and 28% of districts on 4 day week and DESE has not looked at THEIR data?

Missouri department weighs in after Independence approves 4-day school week

After the Independence district approved a four-day school week, Missouri’s education department says shortened weeks are being used as a perk.

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5 months

Exactly. Brentwood free/reduced lunch rate 18%--Normandy 99%. Per pupil expenditures Brentwood $23,600--Normandy $15,978. Avg teacher salary Brentwood $67,532--Normandy $59,865. 3-year teacher retention rate Brentwood 73%--Normandy 37%. Teacher to pupil ratio Brentwood 9 to…

Blythe Bernhard

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If hospitals were graded on their data, Barnes-Jewish would rate worst on performance. But they aren’t - the data is adjusted for all kinds of challenges in the patient population. Not so with public schools - rich and poor are graded on the same scale. They measure poverty.

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3 months

Just sayin'---and my regular reminder----AND I VOTE.

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2 months

As a rural school advocate, I feel this message from @PrattAllen , the Executive Director of National Rural Education Association @nrea1 , is a "MUST READ" as state legislators consider school voucher programs. "Who benefits from universal vouchers?...wealthy families already…

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1 year

This is a difficult story for an old rural educator like me. Looking back I know I was missing important signs in my students lives. I am EXTREMELY concerned that my State Senator Mike Moon voted against raising the marriage age in Missouri above 12.

How Rural America Steals Girls’ Futures

Death in a dying town

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5 months

Joplin area State Senator is pretty proud that she would have "gutted" the public schools in Missouri and sent the money to Charters in KC and StL. I'm hoping that parents in @JoplinSchools @WebbCitySchools @CarthageR9SD @SarcoxieBears @CJSchools @EastNewton are seeing this; I'm…

Jill Carter

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I sponsored a bill that would have gutted the Department of Education and helped charter schools. @calebrowden held my bill hostage. Big talk from a guy who actively fights true educational freedom that would reign in our out-of-control Department of Ed. @MOFreedomCaucus

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Stunning. ⁦ @GovParsonMO , ⁩ never fails to mention he's a former Sheriff, pardons repeat DUI offender. Did not contact those directly affected, including the family of Ariel Young, the 5-year-old girl who spent 11 days in a coma. #DemandLawAndOrder

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2 years

Never underestimate the economic impact of retired teachers & school staff in Missouri. Total annual benefits paid by the retirement system @PSRSPEERS for 2021 were over $3.2 billion. Of this amount, approximately 89% was distributed among Missouri's 114 counties. @MASALeaders

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I really get crazy when some parents say “my kids don’t like wearing masks so I don’t make them.” I may be old school but my kids don’t like seatbelts, baths, or anything but pizza. You know the rest. I’m THE GROWN UP and we have no arguments. They love me-I love them. #rantdone

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Remember the average starting teacher salary in ⁦ @MOEducation ⁩ is $33,200 over 9 month school year. Missouri state legislators salary is $36,813/year + per diem for 4 month annual session. It explains a lot. ⁦ @MASALeaders ⁩ ⁦⁦

Missouri bill pushes to raise minimum salary for teachers

One Missouri lawmaker has introduced a bill to raise the state’s minimum teacher salary from one of the lowest marks in the nation.

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Iowa House votes to increase pay for teachers, school support staff. Over two years, the bill would increase the minimum salary schools can pay teachers from $33,500 per year to $50,000. #moleg ⁦ @MASALeaders ⁩

Iowa House votes to increase pay for teachers, school support staff

Over two years, the bill would increase the minimum salary schools can pay teachers from $33,500 per year to $50,000.

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1 year

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the new governor of Arkansas, has pledged to get the “bureaucratic tyrants” of Washington “out of your wallets.” In 2019 the federal government spent almost twice as much in Arkansas as it collected in federal taxes.

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1 year

My provocative Tweet of the day.

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A Missouri church known as Life360 Community Services got millions to run Missouri school @MOEducation meal programs. Then came questions about salaries, spending. @MASALeaders @MissouriSBA @MoAESP

A Missouri church got millions to run meal programs. Then came questions about salaries, spending.

Springfield-based Life360’s nonprofit arm, Missouri’s largest USDA meal program provider during the pandemic, used government money to pay six-figure salaries, reimburse church expenses.

www.stltoday.com

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6 months

All of a sudden I realized what was missing from my life! @Letterman was my nightly companion for over half my life. The laughter he has given me over my life….. @colbertlateshow

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1 year

Troubling trend, @MoEducation "teachers' years of experience" in schools is going up in two areas-those with 5 or less yrs experience& those with over 21 years experience. Only 38% 1st-year teachers make it to year 6 in the classroom. It's not just salaries, folks. @MASALeaders

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Missouri House passes plan to boost teacher pay. If approved by Senate, would raise minimum from $25,000 to $38,000. Raise master's degree +10 years experience teachers to a minimum of $46,000. 70% funding from state. @MASALeaders @MSTA @MissouriSBA

Missouri House passes plan to boost teacher pay, maximum annual school funding increase - Missour...

Missouri has the lowest average minimum teacher salary in the country. The state House of Representatives has signed off on a package that would increase the minimum teacher salary from the current...

www.missourinet.com

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4 months

Just for context, even if @MOEducation minimum teacher salary goes up to $40,000 it will still be lower than all of our neighboring states. Arkansas minimum is $50,000.

Missouri DESE

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. @GovParsonMO ’s State of the State address: continued funding to support: 1) the grant program that ensures Missouri teachers make at least $40,000 a year, and 2) the Career Ladder Program (additional pay for additional duties)

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Walking across campus ⁦ @MissouriState ⁩ a fine young man runs up to me and says “you’re Mr Turner, you use to come see us at the elementary in Cabool”. Little kids never forget. Remember that-go volunteer to read at schools. Nice to meet you Adam Block! #ireallymissthekids

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Love the new @TIME magazine cover! So many unsung superstars in our schools during this pandemic! #AngelsAmongUs @MASALeaders @AASAHQ @moasbo @MOASSP @MoStateCOE @MSTA @MNEA_Advocate @MOEducation @MoAESP

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In an interview my student conducted with @MoEducation custodian. Student asked custodian what they wished other school folks knew about their job and they replied, "how far a kind word goes. We do a dirty job... and it's nice to feel appreciated." @moasbo @MoSPMA @MASALeaders

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Yesterday (Wed) was the day the Missouri House of Rep was supposed to pass SB727 to expand @MoEducation school vouchers. It did not happen. The heavy heat is on rural #GOP members. Will rural House members continue to stand up to the suburban private school crowd? #moleg

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#MustRead Teacher applications surge as Independence School District @ISDSchools prepares to move to 4-day school week. Compared with last year, district sees 456% increase (over 500 applications). @MOEducation @MASALeaders @MissouriSBA @MSTA @DrDaleHerl

Teacher applications surge as Independence School District prepares to move to 4-day school week

Independence School District Superintendent Dale Herl says district's move to a 4-day school week next school is a big reason for the surge in applicants to teach in the district.

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Wrapping up 35th year as a Missouri teacher-25 yrs in ⁦ @MOEducation ⁩-10 yrs at ⁦ @MissouriState ⁦ @MoStateCOE ⁩ . Tradition since 1st year is a photo on the last day. These “kids” of mine will be teaching in your schools soon—take good care of them-we need them❤️🐻

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Son: Dad, what’s that mark on your arm? Me: My small pox vaccination. Son: Why don’t I have one? Me: Because it worked. #GetVaccinated #payitforward

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We don’t have private schools or charter schools in rural areas. Our children attend and we support defunded public schools. Hey rural legislators—money spent on vouchers and tax credits to private and charter school are reducing our “piece of the pie.”

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Missouri’s largest school district ⁦ @officialSPS ⁩ is giving all staff and teachers a wellness & mental health day away from school to prepare for 2nd semester! Enjoy the day! ⁦ @MASALeaders ⁩ ⁦ @MissouriSBA ⁩

Staff Wellness & Mental Health Day

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3 years

Starting teacher salary in @MOEducation is $31,842. McDonald's new $15/hr salary equates to $31,200. A sub teacher makes $80 a day which is $11.50/hr. Time for a quiz—give one reason for the shortage of teachers and substitute teachers? #WhatDoWeValue @MSTA

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3 years

Thank you State Representative Ann Kelley @AnnKelleyMO of Lamar for your vote against House Bill 349! Your rural schools thank you for standing up against sending $50 million in public school funds to private schools in Kansas City and St. Louis. @MASALeaders @MOASSP @MSTA

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Neosho School District @NeoshoSD to add child care option for employees. I predict this will become a new common @MOEducation strategy to recruit and retain high quality teachers and non-certified staff. @MASALeaders @MissouriSBA

Neosho School District to add child care option for staff

NEOSHO, Mo. — The Neosho School District hopes to open its own child care and development facility for the children of staff members.

www.joplinglobe.com

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1 year

In New Year editorial ⁦ @KCStar ⁩ points to 4-day week as focus of new #MoLeg legislative session. Key point, “…it takes about five minutes to understand a principle reason for the four-day week: ⁦ @MOEducation ⁩ can’t find enough teachers.”

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2 years

Today is the start of my 34th year as a teacher in Missouri. Started in @LaMonteSchool then in @GoAvaBears @CassvilleSchool @WebbCitySchools @DoraFalcons Cabool and @BisonPrideR1 . Now at @MoStateCOE and I'm thankful for all "my kids" and friends in @MoEducation . @MissouriState

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My favorite bumper sticker on the back of my car. @MASALeaders @MissouriSBA @moasbo @MSTA @MissouriNEA @MOASSP @MoAESP

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1 year

The most current comprehensive summary of 4-day school week research was compiled by @RANDCorporation called "Does four equal five?". Here's a nice visual summary of research up to 2021 on the 4-day week. @MASALeaders @nrea1

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1 year

Mountain Grove, Chadwick, and Orrick are the latest @MoEducation districts to transition to the 4 day school week next year. This takes us up to at least 159 Missouri schools on the shortened week next year or 30% of all public non-charter schools in Missouri. @MASALeaders

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1 year

Randy Oliver, an associate principal at Van Horn High School in Independence @ISDSchools , has been named head principal of Joplin High School @JoplinSchools . #Congrats @MOASSP

New principal named for Joplin High School

Randy Oliver, an associate principal at Van Horn High School in Independence, has been named head principal of Joplin High School, the school district announced Wednesday.

www.joplinglobe.com

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6 months

Starting tomorrow (Wed) every Missouri kid ages 0 to 5 can receive a free book every month from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library @dollyslibrary ! How Missouri kids can register for Dolly's free book program. @MOEducation @MoAESP

Missouri kids can get a free book from Dolly Parton every month. Here's how to sign up

Starting Nov. 8, the program that mails out free books each month will be available to Missourians ages 0-5.

www.ksdk.com

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1 year

Brings me no joy to share this, but if these are the types of conversations these educators are having —we’re better off without them. Texts between fired Palmyra teachers filled with racial, homophobic, and harassing comments. @MASALeaders @MOASSP

Texts between fired Palmyra teachers filled with racial, homophobic comments, disregard for...

The texts were provided to Muddy River News by Palmyra Superintendent Jason Harper after a Sunshine Law request was made on March 21 for copies of all electronic communications sent using

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1 year

My provocative Tweet of the day.

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Victim’s Family Slams Gov. for Pardoning NFL Coach’s Son. Mother of child injured asks “How would the governor ⁦ @GovParsonMO ⁩ feel if this was his daughter?” “It seems the laws don't apply equally to the haves and have nots,” she added.

Victim’s Family Slams Gov. for Pardoning NFL Coach’s Son

“How would the governor feel if this was his daughter?” Ariel Young’s mother told The Daily Beast after the son of Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid had his sentence commuted.The family of the …

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⁦ @GovParsonMO is proud of his $38,000 minimum teacher salary proposal. Meanwhile, 35 miles south of the border,⁩ Fayetteville teachers to get minimum pay of $50,000. ⁦ @MOEducation ⁩ ⁦ @MASALeaders ⁩ ⁦ @MissouriSBA ⁩ ⁦ @MSTA ⁩ ⁦

Fayetteville teachers to get minimum pay of $50K

Teachers at Fayetteville Schools will receive a minimum wage of $50,000 beginning July 1.

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Missouri State Senator Mike Moon (the guy that is concerned the statue of the Goddess of Agriculture on the Missouri capital is leading our kids into a cult) has officially removed his name from the SWMo congressional race.

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Jon Turner

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Congrats to the Spokane R-VII School District for being named Outstanding Missouri Rural School District today at the Missouri Association of Rural Education conference. @MOEducation @MASALeaders @MOASSP @MoStateCOE @klfreeman

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So thankful I was able to get my first COVID vaccination today at @MSUMagersHealth . Thank you @MissouriState ! Being old and diabetic finally “pays off”! #ThankfulTuesday

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Confident that Laurel Rosenthal is the longest full-time educator in @MoEducation . 55 years--all at @CarthageTigers Mark Twain Elementary--21 years as teacher before becoming principal in 1967. Congrats Mrs. Rosenthal on retirement! @MASALeaders @MoAESP

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We’re on our first vacation in 2 years in Maine. Back home in the Ozarks, vaccination rates are around 30% and COVID and hospitalization are surging. Here in Maine vaccination rates over 70% and tourism is surging. #GetVacinnated

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Why are Missouri @MOEducation rural schools going to 4-day weeks? #TeacherShortage Sunrise and Ladue schools are 50 miles apart. Rural Sunrise Schools has a free/reduced lunch rate of 47%---suburban Ladue 8%. Average teacher salary difference? $33,327. #RuralKidsMatter #moleg

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Tinfoil hat moment? Efforts in Missouri legislature to encourage school choice & limit local control on things like calendars are looking like a school consolidation effort. "Have" schools will be the winners, and rural schools will consolidate. #NotACoincidence @MASALeaders

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Jon Turner

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MUST READ: Most powerful case I've ever read about why we need invest in @MoEducation public schools, not failing charters. From Peter Stiepleman, 2021 Missouri Superintendent of the Year. @MASALeaders

It's time to invest in our schools and reconsider what value charter schools bring

Dr. Paul Farmer died last week. He was a global hero as he brought medical care to the most underdeveloped parts of the world. In an interview in 2011, he

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Jon Turner

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If you get frustrated with my social media skills just remember these two gadgets were the pinnacle of technology when I began my teaching career in 1989. So youngster, if you need help with a mimeograph or overhead projector, give me a call (a call refers to dialing a phone).

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Mom has dementia- she often doesn't recognize family members. I showed her one of her elementary school pictures, and her face lit up, "That's Miss Furry!" Teachers remember that 80 years from now, your picture may make a former student smile. YOU ARE VALUED! @MSTA @MissouriNEA

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The Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals @MOASSP has selected Mrs. Beth Houf @BethHouf , Principal at Fulton Middle School in the Fulton 58 School District, as the 2021-2022 Jim L. King Missouri Middle School Principal of the Year. #Congrats !

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With highest number of new Superintendents in recent memory, the magnitude of leadership transition in @MoEducation this year is unprecedented. Map shows the 110 (21%) new superintendents in Mo schools this year--and I may have missed a few. @MASALeaders

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Jon Turner

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Mo Public School Retirement System @PSRSPEERS is so highly respected in retirement industry that other states aim to be "Missouri Model". Contributions by educators (14.5% of salary) & school districts give Missouri the highest funded status in the US.

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Nixa superintendent ⁦ @nixaschools ⁩: Missouri must prioritize pay or risk losing teachers to other states. ⁦ @MASALeaders ⁩ ⁦ @MOEducation ⁩

Nixa superintendent: Missouri must prioritize pay or risk losing teachers to other states

Missouri needs to invest in teachers or risk falling further behind, Nixa Superintendent Gearl Loden writes.

www.news-leader.com

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This was Barefoot School in Ozark County, Missouri -near the Arkansas border. It is important to remember, their families could not afford shoes—but they raised the money to hire a teacher. THIS IS PUBLIC EDUCATION. All children deserve a free and appropriate public education.

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Here are the votes on Missouri Senate Bill 727 today. Reminder, if one more vote had gone “no” it would have failed. They'll spin it as a pay raise for teachers—at least for 2 years. Remember the teacher salary boost is still $10,000 than Arkansas and private schools will take $…

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My provocative Tweet of the day.

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Jon Turner

@JonTurnerEdD

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The Missouri legislature is scheduled to vote tomorrow on a bill, if passed, which will result in the consolidation of rural Missouri schools. Use the link NOW to contact your legislator. Let them know you support Missouri rural schools!

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As I see the television screen filled with school cancellations due to icy roads, I keep wondering how long it will be before the Tweets start flying that @Eric_Schmitt is filing lawsuits to force schools to remain open. @MASALeaders

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Jon Turner

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Gross Domestic Product is the value of goods and services produced. On county-by-county basis, the latest report from Bureau of Economic Analysis shows rural Missouri is taking a beating, with most of northern Missouri, the eastern Ozarks, and the Bootheel region showing a…

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Jon Turner

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Approx 861,500 students in @MoEducation . Currently 146 (28%) Missouri public non-charter schools on the 4-day school week. With one vote, the % of the total student population in Mo on 4-day went up from 8.6% to 10.1%.--with more to come. #NotJustRuralAnymore @MASALeaders

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FOUR-DAY PASSES: The Independence School District will move to a four-day school week beginning in 2023-2024 school year. #isdstrong

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