Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Education | ARTICLE | December 1, 2025

It’s Time to Hold DESE Accountable

By Susan Pendergrass | Read Time 4 min

Missouri state capitol, Missouri education leaders, education leadership, Missouri State Board of Education

Education | ARTICLE | November 5, 2025

Let’s Expect Better

By Susan Pendergrass | 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 hallway, school choice, open enrollment, voluntary open enrollment, Missouri education policy

Education | ARTICLE | October 29, 2025

Voluntary Open Enrollment Means No Open Enrollment

By Susan Pendergrass | Read Time 2 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

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

Department of Education, funding freeze, Missouri education, Missouri budget

Education | ARTICLE | July 18, 2025

A Freeze in July?

By Avery Frank | Read Time 3 min

Education | ARTICLE | July 17, 2025

Missouri Families Need the “Unsafe School Choice Option”

By Susan Pendergrass | Read Time 4 min

Education | ARTICLE | July 7, 2025

Schools After the Storm with Noah Devine

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 9 min

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