Housed at Mizzou and developed by MU Extension, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is part of a nationwide program with a presence on more than 120 college campuses in the country. In Columbia, Osher’s benefits are three-fold, says Jennifer Erickson, educational director. First, intellectual health promotes physical well-being. Secondly, the program’s coursework will stimulate natural […]
Imagine a scenario where a high school student graduates from college before graduating from high school. Thanks to the Early College program — a partnership between Columbia Public Schools and Moberly Area Community College — and a plethora of dual credit and advanced placement courses available at CPS, the graduated-college-before-graduated-high-school plot is not just wishful
If you judge based on traditional measures of school success — test scores, attendance records, days of suspensions — you’ll miss the magic that’s happening inside the walls of Frederick Douglass High School. As Columbia Public Schools’ small school alternative, Douglass operates differently from other comprehensive high schools, and the statistics alone don’t tell the
