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Proposed learning standards criticized
JEFFERSON CITY — Proposed changes to standards used to guide K-12 Missouri student learning drew broad criticism Monday, ranging from claims that the recommendations are too similar to what's already in place to concerns about whether changes are …
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Ancora Chorale recording songs of the sacred
The Independence-based group recorded “Blessed Assurance” this year, an album of spirituals, arrangements of church hymn tunes – “very sacred oriented,” said the group's founder and director, Kristopher Taylor, a 2000 Truman High School graduate. It's …
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