The One Big Education Opportunity with Shaka Mitchell
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Shaka Mitchell, senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, about how a new federal scholarship...
Understanding the Decline in Student Test Scores with Jim Wyckoff
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Dr. Jim Wyckoff about how national test scores, especially for the lowest-performing students, began falling well before the pandemic and what states can do to reverse the trend.
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...
ESEA: What Should Reauthorization Look Like?
Although the Show-Me Institute typically focuses on state-level education policy issues, discussions regarding the controversial Elementary and Secondary Education Act...
Education: A Brief History Of Federal Overreach
When Americans think of federal overreach in education, they might think of programs like Race to the Top, Common Core,...
I’ll Scratch Your Back, If You Comply With This Federal Mandate
Last October, my students learned a few vocabulary words — amendment, judicial review, and furlough. The government shutdown created what...
Is Common Core A ‘Victory For Everyone’?
On Tuesday, Chester Finn and Mike Petrilli, from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, had an op-ed supporting the Common Core...
DESE Should Consider District Level Waivers
Let’s recap. In 1965, the United States Congress passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as part of Lyndon...
People We Can’t Do Without in an Emergency
Midwives, breastfeeding mothers, and now school nurses: They are all claimed to be indispensable when disaster strikes. Nurses are in...
Show-Me: The Grades
The Joplin Globe ran a comprehensive review of "Show-Me: The Grades" in a series of articles and editorials published over...
“Cave-Man Rhetoric”
Introducing new education blogs is fun (except when they disappear). So I was thrilled to discover The Karl Frank Jr....
A Successful Public School With a Diverse Student Body ? I’ve Found One! (It’s a Charter)
I’m happy to point out a public education success story. The New York Times profiles this school that teaches disadvantaged...
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