Education Finance

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Podcast: Disney, $500 for Missourians, and an Education Super Bill

David Stokes, Susan Pendergrass and Elias Tsapelas join Zach Lawhorn to discuss Disney bringing special taxing districts into the headlines, the latest on a tax credit bill, and everything education […]

Podcast: Charter Schools in America with Ron Rice

Susan speaks with Senior Director of Government Relations at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Ron Rice. Ron C. Rice has over 15 years of public policy experience in […]

Podcast: Raises for Teachers, Billions for Meta, and a New Stadium for the Chiefs

Patrick Ishmael, Susan Pendergrass and Elias Tsapelas join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the Missouri budget, a massive tax incentive deal in KC, the possibility of the Chiefs moving to Kansas, […]

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An In-depth Look at Missouri’s Rural High Schools

In this report, Susan Pendergrass presents a detailed look at Missouri’s rural high schools, with information about student demographics along with key indicators like student/teacher ratios, teacher experience, and per-student […]

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Watch: School Choice Mythbusting

Have you ever wondered: Do the narratives continually pushed by defenders of the status quo in education actually hold up? Are they fact or just plain fiction? Is the proverbial […]

Podcast: School Choice and The Culture War with Jay P. Greene

Susan Pendergrass speaks with Jay P. Greene about whether education reform organizations should embrace cultural debates or not. Jay P. Greene is a senior research fellow in the Center for […]

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