Missouri Education Watchdog: MO Chamber of Commerce Comes to the Wedding Late and Sits on the Wrong Side of the Church

Missouri Education Watchdog: MO Chamber of Commerce Comes to the Wedding Late and Sits on the Wrong Side of the Church:

MO Chamber of Commerce Comes to the Wedding Late and Sits on the Wrong Side of the Church

Talk about being late to the party. The MO Chamber of Commerce announced it's 2012 legisltive agenda. With an overall focus on the worker they have also announced the need to focus on education,

“We can pass business friendly bills all legislative session, but if we fail in education, none of that matters... Our education system is the key to our future workforce. For that reason, the Missouri Chamber is preparing to take an aggressive position on education reforms 2012.


The Missouri Chamber board of directors approved a broad agenda of education reforms, many focusing on empowering the local community in its education future.


The Missouri chamber will support expanding charter schools statewide in failing school districts.


"We will support allowing charter schools to be established in any district throughout the state where the school district is unaccredited or provisionally accredited."


In addition, the Missouri Chamber will support establishing a system of merit pay for teachers.

Perhaps they just got Bill Gates' memo, that there is money to be made in