Amendment 3 to continue tenure, evaluate teachers based on standardized tests fails
November 5, 2014
On November 4th, people rushed to the polls to vote on numerous ballots presented.
In Missouri, Amendment 3 was on the ballot; an amendment that would determine whether teacher tenure would continue, and if teachers should be evaluated based on standardized tests taken by students.
76 percent voted no on Amendment 3, and 24 percent voted yes.
Of the 76 percent that voted no, there were 1,097,807 votes. 338,216 of the votes voted yes.
![[Classroom] will be blocked off for students starting next year, Willot said. Canvas will be the primary resource for accessing online classwork beginning next school year.](https://lancerfeed.press/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/canvas-600x400.png)
![Sophomore Mary Kirtley holds her Dressember Foundation button. The buttons are passed down to the new STL Spark executive board members each year and they are encouraged to place them on their backpacks to help raise awareness about human trafficking. My sister, [Class of 2020 alumni] Grace Kirtley, started STL Spark when she was in high school and she would have people carry it on after she graduated, Mary said. Last year I got invited to join the board again with my sister, senior Patty Kirtley, and so weve been working on carrying her legacy a bit. Its become somewhat of a family project.](https://lancerfeed.press/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_5696-e1700061260167-600x400.jpg)
