Academic achievement

Education | ARTICLE | January 22, 2026

Charter Schools Do Special Education Better

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Education | ARTICLE | January 14, 2026

Meaningful School Report Cards are on the Way

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

College campus, meritocracy, math achievement, UCSD, educational excellence

Education | ARTICLE | November 17, 2025

We’re Destroying Meritocracy

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

Teacher, 4-day school week, 4DSW, teacher retention

Education | ARTICLE | November 14, 2025

The 4-Day School Week Doesn’t Improve Teacher Recruitment or Retention

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Teacher in classroom, improving teacher quality, Tennessee TEAM, teacher evaluation

Education | ARTICLE | November 5, 2025

Improving Teacher Quality to Improve Reading Quality

By Avery Frank | Read Time 2 min

School hallway, school choice, dangerous schools, Unsafe School Choice Option, DESE

Education | ARTICLE | November 4, 2025

Missouri Children Deserve Better

By Susan Pendergrass | Read Time 3 min

School test, education growth, test score increases, celebrating education quality

Education | ARTICLE | October 13, 2025

PRiME Summit Celebrates Schools with Impressive Test Score Growth

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Empty classroom, education policy, Missouri education, charter schools, charter school performance, education during COVID

Education | ARTICLE | September 17, 2025

Charters Have Outperformed Traditional Public Schools Post-Pandemic

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Student reading book, third-grade retention, retention policies, learning to read, literacy tests

Education | ARTICLE | September 12, 2025

Students Who Can’t Read Benefit from Third-Grade Retention

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

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