Performance Stories

Education | ARTICLE | January 12, 2026

No Adult Left Behind, How Politics Hijacks Education Policy with Vlad Kogan

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 1 min

Steubenville, Ohio, literacy reform, education achievement, evidence-based reading

Education | ARTICLE | January 9, 2026

The Amazing Case of Steubenville, Ohio

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Education | ARTICLE | January 5, 2026

ACA Subsidies, Parks Policy, and Open Enrollment in Missouri

By David Stokes and 3 more | Episode Length 1 min

Empty classroom, Missouri education, accountability, DESE, Missouri State Board of Education, Missouri school accreditation

Education | ARTICLE | December 18, 2025

One Word Could Let Missouri Students Leave Unsafe Schools

By Susan Pendergrass and 1 more | Read Time 3 min

Education | ARTICLE | December 12, 2025

Why Missouri Needs Early Literacy Reform with Cory Koedel and Avery Frank

By Susan Pendergrass and 2 more | Episode Length 1 min

Education | ARTICLE | December 5, 2025

Missouri’s Reading Crisis: 42% of Fourth-Graders Can Barely Read

By Cory Koedel and 1 more | Read Time 1 min

Education | ARTICLE | November 25, 2025

Eliminating Missouri’s Income Tax, Subsidies for Gas Stations, and Early Literacy Reform

By David Stokes and 3 more | Episode Length 1 min

College campus, meritocracy, math achievement, UCSD, educational excellence

Education | ARTICLE | November 17, 2025

We’re Destroying Meritocracy

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

Teacher in classroom, improving teacher quality, Tennessee TEAM, teacher evaluation

Education | ARTICLE | November 5, 2025

Improving Teacher Quality to Improve Reading Quality

By Avery Frank | Read Time 2 min

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