Show-Me Resignation After A-F School Rating Mandate

Ongoing irony . . . Missouri education officials don't like being graded for their efforts. 

This week's somewhat dramatic update . . .  

Missouri interim Commissioner of Education Stacey Preis resigned Tuesday after just four months on the job amid speculation she was about to be fired.

Speaking to reporters while the State Board of Education met in a closed session, Preis didn’t deny her situation but said no one had “directly” told her to resign to avoid being removed.

Preis said she resigned “after much consideration” because she thinks “the board’s agenda is better served by a different commissioner.”

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Missouri's top education official resigns amid A-F school rating controversy

Gov. Kehoe wanted the school rating system rolled out by Sept. 30, but Missouri interim Commissioner of Education Stacey Preis and other officials pushed back.