Make Missouri Education Great
President-Elect Trump has repeatedly stated his desire to close the U.S. Department of Education and return education back to the...
It Is Time to Restore Trust in Missouri’s Public Education System
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Trust is foundational to any healthy school learning community. This...
Does Missouri Need DESE?
Several years ago, I made an interesting discovery—I had been blocked by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...
Like a Sore Thumb: Missouri’s Testing Standards Buck National Trend
Marching to the beat of your own drummer is all good and well as long as you know where you’re...
Is There Really a Teacher Shortage?
A recent Washington Post article making the rounds on social media claims that there are widespread teacher shortages across the...
Statewide MAP Results Are Out, and They Don’t Look Great
Do you remember the feeling you’d get as a student, when the teacher was handing back exams—especially when you weren’t...
Democrats Like Vouchers More Than Republicans Do, and Other Findings from the 2016 Education Next Poll
Every year, the policy journal Education Next polls a representative sample of Americans about their views on education issues. Their...
A Well Intentioned Disaster: A Presentation on the Merits of Common Core State Standards
The following is taken from a presentation given by Show-Me Institute Distinguished Fellow of Education Policy James Shuls on February...
No Child Left Behind Has One Foot in the Grave
After the pigs got clearing for takeoff and the weather reports from Hell came back with a temperature below 32...
