Performance Stories

Education | ARTICLE | October 9, 2025

Unsafe Schools and Parental Empowerment with Tiara Jordan-Sutton

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 1 min

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

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

Education | ARTICLE | August 22, 2025

What the Media Gets Wrong About School Choice with Matthew Ladner

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 10 min

MAP testing, Missouri reading scores, early literacy reforms, childhood reading, reading to learn, third grade retention

Education | ARTICLE | August 20, 2025

Missouri’s Stagnant Reading Scores

By Avery Frank | Read Time 2 min

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