The Testing Bogeyman Is Alive and Well in Missouri
A version of the following commentary appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. If we believe it’s essential for schools to teach...
Performance Districts and Education Spending
The State of Missouri provides almost half of the funding for public education in the Show-Me State. In its latest...
What if We Decided to Lean in to Testing?
The College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) program teaches college-level coursework to high school students and then tests their knowledge with...
Desperate Measures for Desperate Times
In the spring 2022 assessments, just 13.4 percent of the students in St. Louis’s traditional public schools scored on grade...
You Can Take Your Shades Off
The future of Missouri’s workforce may not be very bright. A recent CNBC analysis of the Top State for Business...
We Need Actions, Not Words
Greater St. Louis Inc. has just released the results of its year of discussions with community members about how to...
School Choice Cost Savings Isn’t Magic, It’s Math!
One of the great things about math is it often doesn’t need much defense. The numbers can speak for themselves....
ACT Scores Show Students Aren’t Ready for College
Taking the ACT or the SAT has become an important rite of passage on the path to college for most...
What’s Going On with High School Graduation Rates in Missouri?
If you google “What is the value of a high school diploma?” you get some pretty inspiring results: “Though it...
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