03/06/2007 Future Charter Schools

Mayor Francis Slay wants to be a sponsor of some future charter schools.  He claims more charter schools would offer much needed competition.  Three buildings are being renovated under the management of Imagine Schools, an Arlington, Va.-based company which operates charter schools across the country....

08/12/2007 MBU Hosts 400 teachers for Imagine Schools Conference

August 12, 2007 MBU hosts 400 teachers for Imagine Schools Conference Nearly 400 educators convened inside Missouri Baptist University’s Pillsbury Chapel and Dale Williams Fine Arts Center Aug. 8 for Imagine School’s annual Missouri Region Professional Development Conference...

04/16/2007 Denis Bakke to Speak at MBU Commencement

The co-founder of the nation’s second largest operator of public charter schools is set to speak at Missouri Baptist University’s thirty-fifth commencement. Keynote speaker Dennis Bakke and his wife, Eileen, started Imagine Schools in 2004, an organization that today serves nearly 20,000 students...