Education Stories

Education | ARTICLE | September 30, 2025

The Fiscal Facts Behind School Choice with Marty Lueken

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 1 min

Education | ARTICLE | September 26, 2025

MetroLink Line Canceled, SNAP Reform, and Missouri’s Reading Crisis | Roundtable

By David Stokes and 3 more | Episode Length 1 min

Education | ARTICLE | September 22, 2025

Springfield Needs Charter Schools

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 4 min

Empty classroom, education policy, Missouri education, charter schools, charter school performance, education during COVID

Education | ARTICLE | September 17, 2025

Charters Have Outperformed Traditional Public Schools Post-Pandemic

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Education | ARTICLE | September 16, 2025

The Rise of Equitable Grading with Adam Tyner

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 1 min

Student reading book, third-grade retention, retention policies, learning to read, literacy tests

Education | ARTICLE | September 12, 2025

Students Who Can’t Read Benefit from Third-Grade Retention

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

Empty classroom

Education | ARTICLE | September 11, 2025

Third-Grade Retention and Early Literacy Policies

By Avery Frank | Read Time 2 min

Grading, school grades, equitable grading, grade inflation

Education | ARTICLE | September 3, 2025

Most Teachers Don’t Like Equitable Grading Practices Either

By Scott Tanner | Read Time 2 min

Education | ARTICLE | August 29, 2025

We Shouldn’t Pay Teachers for Master’s Degrees

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

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