Susan Pendergrass speaks with James V. Shuls about his upcoming paper on character education. James V. Shuls is the director […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Kansas Policy Institute president James Franko about KPI’s upcoming event “Heartland Hybrid and Micro Schools Summit […]
A version of the following letter appeared on Lakeexpo.com. There is probably no better opportunity for municipalities to share services […]
The Show-Me Institute has added 2021–22 finance data to the MOSchoolRankings.org website. Now users can see two years of detailed […]
Teacher Pay: You Can Go with This, or You Can Go with That
The 2001 music video for “Weapon of Choice,” a big beat, electronic song by Fatboy Slim (with Bootsy Collins), featured […]
The Show-Me Institute has added 2021–22 academic data to the MOSchoolRankings.org website. Now, users can see three years of academic […]
It’s no secret that Medicaid costs are through the roof. But what if I told you there’s a federal program […]
Teachers Need Advancement Opportunities, Not Just Professional Development
According to the Missouri Independent, a “Blue ribbon commission on teacher recruitment” told the “state board of education that educators […]
Around the country, states are considering implementing policies that would hold back a larger number of 3rd graders who are […]
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Pay for Your Own Stadium
Yesterday I wrote about an interview I did with KMBC 9 on the Royals’ latest announcement that they had new […]
Show-Me Talks Royals Stadium Move on KMBC
This week, the Kansas City Royals unveiled their latest renderings for two potential new stadia sites—one in Kansas City proper, […]
Problems with Paperwork
If they knew they didn’t have to, would anyone do paperwork? Over the past few months, I’ve talked a lot […]
A State at Risk: Education in Missouri
In 1983, the Reagan administration released the results of a nationwide evaluation of America’s education system in a report titled […]
Recently, DESE released the preliminary results of the 2023 Missouri Assessment Program (MAP), and the results were bad enough to […]
20 Missouri Districts Get the Green Light to Try New Assessment System
New beginnings are in the air in Missouri. Some families are sending their children off to college for the first […]
David Stokes, James Shuls, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss “innovation waivers”, the school choice movement internationally, the […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Ashley Berner about the importance of pluralism in education, how different countries think about pluralism in […]
In addition to declining enrollment, public education in Missouri has another serious problem—chronic absenteeism. Schools have been reopened for two […]
So, What Exactly Should Missouri Do About Property Taxes and Assessments? Part Two
In my prior post about property assessments and taxes in Missouri, I highlighted a few things we can do immediately […]
Chris Braunlich is the former Co-President and CEO of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, Virginia’s non-partisan public policy […]
