Performance

State and Local Government

The School Choice Wave, Fire District Recalls and Saving Federalism

Zach Lawhorn is joined by David Stokes, James Shuls, and Elias Tsapelas to discuss midterm election outcomes, the school choice wave, and how federal spending affects Missouri’s budget. Listen on […]

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Fright Night in Missouri Comes Early

Reviewing the recent release of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is an ideal way to get into the spirit of Halloween. The falloff in student performance is enough […]

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The Obvious Question

My dad used to ask me: If everyone else jumped off a cliff, would you do it too? The 2022 scores on the Nation’s Report Card were just released and […]

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Houston, We Have a Problem

The 2022 scores on the Nation’s Report Card (or NAEP), a test administered every other year by the U.S. Department of Education, are in—and the results are disastrous. Reading and […]

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WSJ Takes Aim at Illinois, Ignores Missouri

The Wall Street Journal recently published an editorial that expressed legitimate shock about the relationship between teacher ratings and rates of proficiency in reading and math on state assessments in […]

We’re Number Four? With James V. Shuls

Susan Pendergrass speaks with James Shuls about his return to the Show-Me Institute, the Heritage Foundation’s Education Freedom Report Card, and more. James V. Shuls is an assistant professor of […]

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