Finally, a Victory for Parents and Students in Missouri
The doors to a better education may have opened wide for all Missouri students this week. Despite a distracted legislative...
MoVIP Program Could Bring Advanced Coursework to Missouri Students
What’s so important about STEM education? For one thing, it’s a pathway to a high-paying job. According to the U.S....
2018 Blueprint: Course Access
THE PROBLEM: All across Missouri, students lack access to higher-level coursework such as AP courses, calculus, and physics. THE SOLUTION:...
2018 Blueprint: Education Savings Accounts
THE PROBLEM: Missouri students are underperforming. On the 2015 NAEP exam, only 31% of Missouri 8th-graders were found proficient in...
State ESSA Plan Offers Opportunity for Course Access
Earlier this month the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released a draft of its plan to comply with the...
Different Paths to Course Access
Course Access is a hot topic in Missouri right now. Both the governor and legislature have made it a priority,...
Teacher Shortage Data from DESE Makes Great Case for Course Access Program
Yesterday, the state board of education saw a presentation from representatives from the Department of Elementary and Secondary education on...
Public Schools Do Not Serve All Students
As first appearing in Education News on October 22, 2013: One of the great myths in education today is that...
Virtual Education, Real Opportunity
Recently, the Kansas City Star ran a piece on a little-known and underutilized option for Missouri students, the Missouri Virtual...
An Opportunity for SLPS
Now that the Missouri Virtual Instruction Program has lost state funding and is charging tuition, it’s an opportune time for...
Homeschoolers Ask for Charter Status
A group of homeschooling parents in Oregon have applied to form a charter school. They want to continue homeschooling, and...
A Small Improvement for the Virtual Instruction Program
The Missouri Virtual Instruction Program (MoVIP) is offering additional courses at the high school level through the National Repository of...
Online Mandates
Virtual schools, like the Missouri Virtual Instruction Program, give families for educational choices. I think that’s a good thing. But...
Missouri Virtual Instruction Program Update
The Missouri Virtual Instruction Program (MoVIP) got off to a somewhat rocky start. Eagerly sought middle school courses were missing...
Scandinavian Education in the News
Andrew Coulson takes issue with a news story that describes Swedish education as “socialist.” Although schools in Sweden are financed...
Public School Successes Exist; You Just Have to Know Where to Look
While the MSBA was too busy attacking the competition to notice this, I found a public school success story. Governor...
Virtual School, Summer Session
An article in the Post-Dispatch describes the enthusiasm with which high school students across the country are responding to online...
If You Build It, They Will Come!
In today’s Southeast Missourian, an article discusses the increasing popularity of the virtual school program in Missouri. In fact, it’s...
