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MAP testing, Missouri reading scores, early literacy reforms, childhood reading, reading to learn, third grade retention

Education | ARTICLE | August 20, 2025

Missouri’s Stagnant Reading Scores

By Avery Frank | Read Time 2 min

Education | ARTICLE | July 30, 2025

Understanding the Decline in Student Test Scores with Jim Wyckoff

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 11 min

Education | ARTICLE | May 6, 2025

New State Board of Education Has a Long To-Do List

By Susan Pendergrass | Read Time 5 min

Kid walking to school

Education | ARTICLE | April 29, 2025

A Bad Deal for Missouri’s Children

By Susan Pendergrass | Read Time 4 min

School choice, Crystal City, 4dsw, universal open enrollment, SB 727

Education | ARTICLE | April 3, 2025

Crystal City to Vote on the Four-Day School Week

By Avery Frank | Read Time 3 min

Education | ARTICLE | February 14, 2025

Performance Districts and Education Spending

By Susan Pendergrass | Read Time 3 min

St. Louis, City of St. Louis, urban planning, downtown St. Louis, planning commissions

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | January 7, 2025

The Last Thing Missouri Needs Is More Urban Planning

By David Stokes | Read Time 3 min

Education | ARTICLE | October 25, 2024

What’s So Great about Performance Districts?

By Susan Pendergrass | Read Time 3 min

Child reading, books, reading instruction, retention policy, phonics, student assessment, Missouri schools, Mississippi, 3rd graders

Education | ARTICLE | October 8, 2024

Should Missouri Consider a 3rd-Grade Retention Policy?

By Avery Frank | Read Time 3 min

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