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Drew Bratcher is a junior at the University of Missouri studying journalism and political science. He is currently working in Jefferson City as a reporter for MDN and the Columbia Missourian covering K-12 education at the state level.

Drew is originally from Nashville, TN, where he worked as a reporter for the Tennessean's Newspaper in Education program.

Drew is actively involved with the Rock, a nondenomenational church on the MU campus, where he will soon serve as Discipleship Director.

Stories by Drew Bratcher include:

• 12/15/2003: Newspaper Story - Money released by Gov. Bob Holden to Boone County school districts has left superintendents thankful, but wanting more.
• 12/ 3/2003: Newspaper Story - Missouri's Supreme Court was told the governor's withholding of funds from public schools violates the state's constitution.
• 12/ 1/2003: Newspaper Story - A legal battle over withholdings to K-12 education that began in July makes its way to the highest court in the state Wednesday.
• 11/17/2003: Newspaper Story - A petition posted by republicans on the state house of representatives website raised Democrats' concerns on Monday. The petition calls on people across Missouri to support the release of $197 million in withholdings to K-12 education.
• 11/17/2003: Newspaper Story - Gov. Holden accused House Republicans for skewing budget figures when they started a petition for Holden to release more money to education due to revenue increases.
• 11/10/2003: Newspaper Story - A Cole County circuit court upheld Gov. Bob Holden's power to withhold $190 million from state funding to local schools because of estimated revenue shortages. Attorneys for the challenging school districts said that they would appeal the decision.
• 11/ 5/2003: Newspaper Story - Every morning, students across Missouri stand with their hands over their hearts to recite the pledge of allegiance. However, the future of a Missouri law mandating the pledge in schools lies in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court, who announced its plans to review next year a court decision in California that found the pledge unconstitutional.
• 10/30/2003: Newspaper Story - Not all school districts are jumping on the bandwagon to challenge the foundation formula
• 10/30/2003: Newspaper Story - His planned suit aimed at challenging the constitutionality of the state's school funding formula is gaining strength as more than 200 school districts have joined Bartlett for the second round.
• 10/29/2003: Newspaper Story - Boone County school districts are considering joining more than 200 Missouri school districts to challenge state school funding system.
• 10/ 8/2003: Newspaper Story - A planned lawsuit against the state's system for financing local schools is dividing Missouri's school districts.
• 9/24/2003: Newspaper Story - The man whose efforts led to the largest tax increase in the history of Missouri is once again preparing to challenge the constitutionality of Missouri's school funding system. Alex Bartlett is representing more than 200 school districts across the state struggling to find resources in light of cutbacks to education.
• 9/10/2003: Newspaper Story - While the Missouri State Senate waits for Dolan to return for Cuba, the House voted to override Holden's vetoes on abortion and concealed weapons.
• 9/ 8/2003: Newspaper Story - On the same day as Missouri lawmakers met for a special session, the Department of Education sent a poll to school superintendents across the state to support Holden's statements.
• 9/ 3/2003: Newspaper Story - Repeal of local school dependence on the local property tax was one of the issues raised by the chairman of a special legislative committee that began Tuesday reviewing school financing.