Four-Day School Week Votes and School Choice in Missouri
The four-day school week (4dsw) has become quite popular in the Show-Me State. More than 180 of our state’s 518...
The Four-Day School Week Continues to Grow in Missouri
The four-day school week (4dsw) continues to expand rapidly in Missouri. The 4dsw grew from 34 districts in 2018–2019, or...
Considering the Four-Day School Week? Pilot It and Evaluate It
I am often engaged in policy discussions. Every now and then, someone I am speaking with says something that makes...
Common Arguments for and Against the Four-Day School Week
The number of four-day school weeks (4dsw) in Missouri has risen considerably in the past few years: from 34 in...
Open Enrollment for Increasingly Closed Doors
With its recent vote to implement a four-day school week in 2023, the Independence School District joins 146 other Missouri...
Does the Independence School District Have a Teacher Shortage Problem? 2022 Data Update
In a previous post, I presented 2018 and 2020 application and vacancy data from the Independence School District. The data...
DESE’s Rulemaking Circumvents Intent of Virtual School Law
In the fall of 2019, a student in the Independence (MO) School District applied to the Missouri Virtual Academy (MOVA)....
Could Kansas City Benefit From Student Transfers?
On Dec. 10, the Missouri Supreme Court once again upheld the law that allows students to transfer from failing schools....
Cooperation, Not Legislation
Under the Missouri Constitution, no government agency can prohibit or punish people’s efforts to cooperate with each other as they...
What’s $67 Million Dollars Among Friends?
The Kansas City School District has lowered its demand for compensation from the Independence School District from $157 million to...
School Choice in Kansas City, the Old-Fashioned Way
There is an extremely interesting move afoot in Kansas City, by residents of the far-eastern part of the city, to...
Sinking Ship
The Kansas City School District is attempting to prevent (through the court system) a November 6 ballot initiative which would...
