Equal Education Now!

Finding the school that best fits your child’s needs is the most important part of ensuring they have a good educational future. In Missouri, your choice of school options depends largely on where you live. Check out our guide to what your options are and get tips on how to find the best school!

Whether your child attends a traditional district school, a charter school, or a private school, having good information on the schools' quality is vital to making sure your child is prepared for the future. Strong and transparent performance data is also key to ensuring the educational system is effective and efficient.

When families have educational options, they will be empowered to make a school choice that meets their student’s unique needs. A student’s right to an education should include all high-quality options that will meet their needs, including district, public charter, virtual, and private school options.

The Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri has set four advocacy training sessions, Advocating for Education: Take your passion to the state capitol, spread throughout Missouri in October. These sessions are designed to help parents, teachers and other education advocates learn more about the legislative process and how they can make sure their voice is heard in […]

A new law, HB 1552, that went into effect on August 28 is making it much easier for Missouri students to enroll in full-time virtual education programs. HB 1552 makes several changes to the state’s virtual education program, called the Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program or MOCAP. The most important changes for families are: […]

Last year when Gov. Mike Parson signed Missouri’s new MoScholar’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program into law the CEAM team and thousands of volunteer parents across the state celebrated the successful win of this long, very challenging effort. We immediately all got to work making sure every family who could possibly benefit from the new program knew about it and […]