It soon may be easier to become a certified teacher in Missouri. The State Board of Education is considering lowering the grade point average requirement for its teaching subject area from 3.0 to 2.5.

May 21, 2026, is the day I became a certified biology teacher in Missouri, and I love my job. I wish others would join me.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Almost half of first-year teachers in Missouri are working without completing a teaching certification program overseen by the state. Daryl Fridley, the educator preparation ...

Missouri Program Aims to Address Teacher Shortage and Support Schools with Qualified Substitute Educators “Kelly Education has a longstanding commitment to recruiting and retaining qualified ...

Genis Tobias smiles as she kneels next to a young learner and watches him sign his message to a classmate. Just months ago, ...

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education believes that lowering a GPA requirement for teachers will improve teacher recruitment and retention without reducing educator quality.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - A Missouri state representative has proposed legislation that would allow teachers to enter classrooms after two years of training instead of the traditional four-year ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The state’s education department is using federal COVID relief money to pay for certification tests for teachers, an effort to help combat the shortage of educators. Until the ...

Missouri lawmakers explored the many avenues to a teacher certification and entertained a new program proposal Wednesday. Chairman of the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee Ed Lewis, R ...

Missouri educators will no longer need a 3.0 grade-point average in their subject area to teach in public schools beginning in July, the State Board of Education unanimously voted Tuesday. The ...

TROY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Kelly Education, the nation’s leading provider of education workforce solutions, announced that it is approved as a vendor by the Missouri Department of Elementary ...

Governor-elect Mike Kehoe stops by the State Board of Education meeting Tuesday. During the meeting, board members unanimously agreed to lower the GPA requirement for teacher certification Missouri ...