elementary education

How support like mentorship impacts new teachers.

Through a partnership linking the Springfield Central Labor Council, United Way of the Ozarks and Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, 250 students at Bowerman Elementary got new donated footwear on Friday.

The project, supported by Missouri's agriculture industry, is bringing its ten-week program to 150 schools across 64 counties in the State this fall.

A teacher's job is complex. Not only does the teacher need to communicate subject matter clearly, he or she must do so in a manner that keeps attention.…