JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri’s top educator said she’s okay with four-day school weeks as long as districts are taking care of students and overall performance is up.
Instead of running for re-election this year, Karla Eslinger was chosen to lead Missouri’s education department. With a long background as a teacher and school administrator, a big issue she plans to tackle is how to address educator recruitment and retention.
“If we’re not able to compete, our kids lose,” Eslinger said. “We’ve wasted a lot of time in our state, I believe, with different opinions of how to educate. Let’s talk about what is good; let’s find a common goal that we can all move towards and let’s pull that rope together.”
A familiar face is back at the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). After her time as a teacher and superintendent in southern Missouri, Eslinger became an assistant commissioner at DESE. She then served schools across the country, working for the U.S. Department of Education, but her most recent role was state senator.
The full article is available at ozarksfirst.com
(Story by Emily Manley, ozarksfirst.com)
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