Map Series: I. North Saint Louis Municipalities Fines per Resident
This map shows the amount of revenue from fines and fees the many small municipalities of North Saint Louis County...
That’s Why We Need More School Choice
Lorrine and Naomi Goodloe. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected] As someone who studies the issue of education policy quite closely,...
The Faux Moral High Ground
Bre Payton of Watchdog.org has a great piece today about the Normandy/Francis Howell transfer situation. She tells the story of...
Charity Is Not Your Strong Suit, Francis Howell
On Wednesday, Elisa Crouch and Jessica Bock of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Francis Howell will allow transfer students...
The Score Is Falling! The Score Is Falling!-Or Not
When it was announced that hundreds of students would transfer from the unaccredited school districts of Normandy and Riverview Gardens...
Normandy Transfers: Taking It to the Courts
Earlier this week, I sat down with attorney Joshua Schindler. Schindler represents several Normandy students who would like to transfer...
Transferring from Normandy: An interview with lawyer Joshua Schindler
Show-Me Institute Education Policy Research Assistant Brittany Wagner interviewed lawyer Joshua Schindler about his work advocating for transfer students. Missouri's...
Show-Me Now! One Lawyer’s Fight For School Choice
Brittany Wagner reviews some of the highlights from her recent interview with Joshua Schindler. Schindler is the lawyer representing Normandy...
Normandy Transfer: An Evolving Story
After Friday’s decision by Judge Michael Burton that Francis Howell, Ritenour, and Pattonville School Districts would have to accept Normandy...
The Transfer Law: Another Disappointment
Cameral Cotton’s children were deeply saddened when they learned they would not return to Francis Howell School District. Cameral’s three...
What’s in a name?
That which we call an unaccredited school by any other name would perform as well. William Shakespeare spoke of roses,...
Show-Me Now! Let Transfer Students Return
More and more school districts around St. Louis refuse to let transfer students from Normandy come back this year even...
Want Better Teachers In High-Need Schools? Fix Pensions
What if instead of busing students from failing school districts to accredited ones, we bused great teachers from accredited schools...
Allowing Normandy Students To Return Makes Sense To The Head And The Heart
A Joint Statement From Adolphus M. Pruitt and James V. Shuls In the fall of 2013, students from the unaccredited...
The Francis Howell Transfer Decision: One Family’s Disappointment
“It’s a slap in the face.” That was parent Cameral Cotton’s response to the Francis Howell School District’s decision to...
Why Not Charter Schools In Normandy?
After years of paying taxes in a school district that failed them, the Normandy community deserves quality schools that will...
The Transfer Program – Curbing The Decade-Long Drop In Enrollment?
According to data from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, enrollment in the Normandy School District has been...
Missouri’s Conservatives: Resolved to be Irresolute
As first appearing in the Columbia Tribune: Winston Churchill chided the British government for inaction at a time of growing...
Normandy Schools Collaborative Offers Hope
Yesterday, the Missouri State Board of Education voted to lapse the Normandy School District. What exactly this means for the...
Private School Option – We Can’t Sit This One Out
My college track coach used to say, “We’re going to dance with the girls we came with.” Initially, I did...
