More Districts to Try New Standardized Testing System
This school year, six St. Louis-area school districts will begin using a new adaptive testing system to assess student performance...
When Do Summer Breaks Start for School Districts Across Missouri?
Many families may be beginning to wonder if their children’s school gets out earlier or later than everyone else’s. With...
Riverview Gardens and Normandy Are Regaining Local Control
After a decade of state control, the Missouri Board of Education recently announced it will restore local control to two...
20 Missouri Districts Get the Green Light to Try New Assessment System
New beginnings are in the air in Missouri. Some families are sending their children off to college for the first...
20 Missouri Districts Seek Exemption from the Missouri Assessment Program
At the most recent state board of education meeting, 20 school districts requested a federal waiver to be exempt from...
Ready, Fire, Aim
A group has released a new plan to consolidate the fire departments of St. Louis County and create more independent...
On Superintendents and Their Districts
Does it really matter who’s running a school district? Put another way, is paying top dollar for a superintendent a...
Melville School District Wants to Raise Property Tax Rates
Today voters in the Mehlville School District will decide if their current property tax rate will increase by 49 cents...
Saint Louis teachers want a raise, and they have a point
On Friday, the Post-Dispatch covered a recent Saint Louis school board meeting where over 100 teachers vociferously argued for a...
Maintaining the Education Status Quo
Today it was announced that many St. Louis area school districts have agreed to accept a lower tuition rate for...
An Imminent Eminent Domain Case
When most Saint Louisans think about eminent domain abuses, they tend to conjure up thoughts of Maplewood razing neighborhoods in order to build...
What Do Bus Rides Tell Us About School Choice?
Last Tuesday, the Joint Committee on Education hosted a marathon hearing exclusively on the inter-district school transfer law. Over the...
Three Public School Superintendents Walk Into A Free-Market Think Tank . . . No Joke
On Tuesday morning, the Show-Me Institute was pleased to host “Solutions: A Panel Discussion on the School Transfer Law.” Joining...
School Transfers, Follow The Money (Part 2)
Right now, there are so many unknowns when it comes to the issue of student transfers from unaccredited school districts....
School Transfers, Follow The Money
Following the advice of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), the Riverview Gardens and Normandy school districts...
Town Hall Forums Meet “The Clash”
Where to begin with the recent spate of news on what I long thought was impossible: making politicians’ town hall...
Things I Am Watching for Tonight as Elections Come In
My list is mainly focused on St. Louis County, but you are encouraged to add other important races around the state...
Fire Districts and Assessors in Saint Louis County for Your Weekend Perusal
The idea that Saint Louis County should have an elected assessor (thanks to Combest for this Business-Journal link) in Saint Louis County...
“Cave-Man Rhetoric”
Introducing new education blogs is fun (except when they disappear). So I was thrilled to discover The Karl Frank Jr....
