Is there evidence of a “teacher exodus” from Kansas?
If you take the media’s account of the state of the teaching profession in Kansas seriously, you’d think that there...
St. Louis Public Schools Saving School Buildings for a Rainy Day
Yesterday, the Senate Education Committee conducted a hearing on House Bill 42. Brittany Wagner and I submitted testimony with suggestions...
The Report Card Is In
The 2013 results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, have been made public. These results, published in...
Has MSTA’s Legislative Director Moved To Lake Wobegon?
Apparently the legislative director of the Missouri State Teacher’s Association (MSTA) has moved to Lake Wobegon. On the MSTA’s blog...
Elementary, My Dear Watson
It appears the state of Missouri might be running into some revenue problems (net general revenue collections were down in October...
Strings (or, With State Dollars Come Bureaucracies)
This is a continuation of my prior post about the history of school finance in the United States. The adage...
Rural, Ruralness, Rurality
There is no universally applicable definition of "rural." But there are some consistent images: few people in a large area,...
More Flexible Certification Could Help Ease Teacher Shortages
When schools hire teachers for a new school year, they generally find that some subjects are harder to staff than...
Better Teacher Pay Would Improve Math and Science Instruction
In many schools across the country, students hand in lab reports and math homework to teachers who have no...
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