Literacy

Economy | ARTICLE | March 9, 2026

Income Tax Elimination, Early Literacy Bills, and Data Centers in Missouri

By David Stokes and 3 more | Episode Length 1 min

Education | ARTICLE | March 5, 2026

Charter Schools Are More Likely to Be Bright Spots

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

Education | TESTIMONY | March 2, 2026

Senate Bill 1442: Early Literacy Reform

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 1 min

Kids reading books, literacy reform, HB 2872, three-cueing, phonics

Education | ARTICLE | February 19, 2026

Early Literacy Reform Advances in the House

By Avery Frank and 1 more | Read Time 4 min

School test, test scores, declining test scores, NAEP, Missouri education performance

Education | ARTICLE | February 3, 2026

To the Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee: We Have a Problem

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

Steubenville, Ohio, literacy reform, education achievement, evidence-based reading

Education | ARTICLE | January 9, 2026

The Amazing Case of Steubenville, Ohio

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Education | ARTICLE | December 12, 2025

Why Missouri Needs Early Literacy Reform with Cory Koedel and Avery Frank

By Susan Pendergrass and 2 more | Episode Length 1 min

Education | ARTICLE | December 5, 2025

Missouri’s Reading Crisis: 42% of Fourth-Graders Can Barely Read

By Cory Koedel and 1 more | Read Time 1 min

Students reading in classroom, three-cueing reading, reading education, phonics instruction, SB 68 Missouri

Accountability | MODEL POLICY | December 5, 2025

Model Policy: Early Literacy Reforms

By Cory Koedel and 1 more | Read Time 12 min

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