Joe Hadsall

While I was at this celebration, I asked some parents how they felt about a district-wide committee's recommendation to change Wilson's Creek from a 5-6 intermediate school to a 6-8 middle school. The opinions were mixed.

The cum laude system will trade the competition of honoring the top 15% of graduates with a merit-based system that rewards a student's work.

Ava Smith was an avid user of the Schweitzer Brentwood Branch Library, checking out books, using meeting rooms for her clubs and using its computers. Her generosity will be remembered in a spot that will be the library district's highest-profile meeting space.

A Springfield high school, that is. Apologies for the goof above!

This is still a developing story; I'm waiting to hear back from Springfield Public Schools officials. The Glendale chapter is one of the only chapters in a high school, according to Turning Point USA's website.

All the funding for what is Missouri State's biggest building project came from state and federal sources. Students and professors love the new building's modern, spacious labs, and this is only the completion of the first of two construction phases.

If you make a video with a question and tell me to read the comments for the answer, I assure you I will not read the comments

Hilarious teacher TikToks aside, there is not a lot of training available for teachers on how to spot the use of AI. But educators say that the toolbox for how a teacher follows a student's progress is more than up for the task.

The expedition's main goal is to figure out whether the geoglyphs they have found are either structures or trenches. Either way, they had to have been made by humans, and that could help redefine what we know about pre-Columbian societies, the archaeologists say.

I took this selfie seconds before Kamara scored the team's first TD of the season, so hey! Off to a good start, I guess! A rowdy, rousing Who Dat for all who celebrate! ⚜️

The Springfield Clinical Campus already houses third- and fourth-year students for clinical experience, after taking their first two years in Columbia. The expansion means a student never has to leave Springfield to earn an M.D.

This is a big year for Central, as they return to field competitions for the first time in years. The lack of football games took away rehearsals of their show in front of live audiences.

The university's department for legal affairs has been fielding all sorts of questions from the campus community about immigration enforcement efforts.

Missouri State's official count will happen in September. In advance of that, enrollment officials see likely drops in graduate and international students.

In a message to parents, Principal Duane Cox said the school acted on a tip and intercepted the student as they arrived to school.

Library staff members helped write the featured phrases on the new library cards, then narrow down those ideas into the six displayed on the new cards.

• SPS officials have consistently supported parents' rights to make education decisions that are best for their families.
• "We are steadfast supporters of public education, and we believe that for any community to be healthy and vibrant, there must be a strong public school system at the heart."

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I'd like to thank KDRU Radio for letting me know that Bria Salmena exists and wrote "Hammer," such an amazing, haunting song. Your students are doing a valuable public service, JGroves!

Alright, y'all, let's argue. "Choose" and "chews": Homonyms or homophones?

Education reporter Joe Hadsall explains the commonly-used phrase “off the record” and what it actually means for journalists. 🕵️ #sgfcitizen #sgfdailycitizen #springfielddailycitizen #reporterexplains... TikTok video by SGFDailyCitizen

Are you on TikTok? I am! Man, do I appreciate Zoe for making me look good, and I'm excited to do more of these!

The dual enrollment change, allowing employees to choose between CoxHealth and Mercy, has been something the district has long pursued. SPS was close last year, but couldn't get costs down enough.

Hughes has been a financial advisor working in Springfield since 1993. She served on the Nixa Fire Protection District's board of directors, and is a member of a Greene County Republican Party committee that supports GOP candidates during elections.

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If you ask me how work is going, here's my answer. I'm so grateful that I'm on the @sgfcitizen.bsky.social team, and that I'm a small part of the impact it is making in the community.

The brick campaign is the launch of larger efforts to connect with alumni, which is something the relatively young college hasn't yet developed. People who buy bricks will be invited to a special unveiling event in 2026.

DnD is looking to expand its player base by making its latest starter set more like a board game Heroes of the Borderlands uses cards for character creation

When teaching new players D&D, I've taken an approach to get them rolling dice BEFORE diving into all the character building options or using pre-generated characters. If that process is enhanced with board-game tools in a new starter set, I'm in.

YouTube is showing me ads for Sleep earbuds, and it says "Meet Sleep," but the announcer's tone of voice makes it sound like "Meat Sleep"

Finds a thing
TikTok later: "Here is anything but the thing!"
Instagram later: "Here is nothing but the thing!"

The position is newly created by Missouri State University to handle something that will be a challenge for universities across the country. The new VP partially replaces Zora Mulligan, who is now the chancellor of the West Plains campus.

Early US intelligence report suggests US strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by months A new U.S. intelligence report suggests that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after U.S. strikes, not “completely and totally obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said.

Posting for a discussion about grammar, not current events: One of my favorite things about the word "only" is how you can move its position to dramatically change a sentence's definition. I'd argue "only" should be near the end, i.e. "by only months".

Zinwa Q25 brings Android 13 and new internals to the old BlackBerry Classic Zinwa Q25 is available to buy now as a phone and a Q20 upgrade

They are playing with my heart and it is NOT NICE.