The Testing Bogeyman Is Alive and Well in Missouri
A version of the following commentary appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. If we believe it’s essential for schools to teach...
SLPS and MoSchoolRankings
With ongoing reports about St. Louis Public Schools’s (SLPS) finances, I was interested to learn that SLPS had created nine...
You Can Take Your Shades Off
The future of Missouri’s workforce may not be very bright. A recent CNBC analysis of the Top State for Business...
Is the Purpose of Education to Prepare Students for Jobs?
What is the purpose of public education? If you agree with Missouri Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe, you’d say the purpose...
It’s Time to Stop Making Excuses
Missouri students have a college readiness problem. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) reports that in 2017, just...
Cyclical Poverty Is a Problem in Missouri-What Can Be Done About It?
Imagine the Game of Life played under different rules—with everyone randomly assigned at birth to one of two paths. One...
ACT Scores Show Students Aren’t Ready for College
Taking the ACT or the SAT has become an important rite of passage on the path to college for most...
School Options and the Rise and Fall of Cities
It’s a problem that plagues many U.S. cities: How can we make sure that all families have access to a...
What’s Going On with High School Graduation Rates in Missouri?
If you google “What is the value of a high school diploma?” you get some pretty inspiring results: “Though it...
