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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Story
President Obama urged for sweeping changes in his first education speech on Tuesday.
"I call on states to reform their charter rules, and lift caps on the number of allowable charter schools, wherever such caps are in place."Missouri law currently limits their locations to only St. Louis and Kansas City. Furthermore, he said recently in his budget message that he hoped to double financing for charter schools eventually, and that the Department of Education would help create "new, high-quality charter schools" while supporting the closing of those guilty of "chronic underperformance."
He also called for merit pay.
"Good teachers will be rewarded with more money for improved student achievement, and asked to accept more responsibilities for lifting up their schools...treating teachers like the professionals they are, while also holding them more accountable."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Story
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