Highest and Lowest Spending Schools in the St. Louis Area
When Congress updated No Child Left Behind (NCLB) with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015, many hailed the...
Charter Schools: The Education Opportunity Hidden in Plain Sight
By next week, the Missouri State Board of Education should be up and running again. They’ve got plenty of business...
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,...
Recess-Something So Loved, Only Bureaucrats Could Kill It
I haven’t met anyone who doesn’t like recess. As a former elementary school teacher myself, I can tell you that...
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...
Friedman’s Legacy
For years now, many Americans have acknowledged the shortcomings of the nation’s public school system. While the 1983 “A Nation...
No Child Left Behind the Times
Technology has given us some amazing things over the years, but you don’t see people using VHS and cassette tapes...
Missouri’s Teacher Equity Plan Draft Misses the Mark
Is a teacher with a master’s degree in biology and several years of research experience unqualified to teach high school...
