Thomas B. Fordham Institute

School building, school funding, charter school funding, charter schools, Kansas City, St. Louis

Education | ARTICLE | August 24, 2026

Bizarre Charter School Funding in St. Louis and Kansas City

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 4 min

Education | ARTICLE | August 7, 2026

The Value of the Threat of Grade Retention

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Education | ARTICLE | September 16, 2025

The Rise of Equitable Grading with Adam Tyner

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 1 min

Grading, school grades, equitable grading, grade inflation

Education | ARTICLE | September 3, 2025

Most Teachers Don’t Like Equitable Grading Practices Either

By Scott Tanner | Read Time 2 min

Education | ARTICLE | February 4, 2025

Patriotic Education or Federal Overreach? With Chester (Checker) Finn

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 1 min

Education | ARTICLE | June 28, 2024

Climbing Down the “Fiscal Cliff” with Stéphane Lavertu

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 1 min

Education | ARTICLE | September 25, 2023

How We’re Writing Off an Entire Generation with Michael Petrilli

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 1 min

Education | ARTICLE | October 14, 2021

Podcast: A Nation Still at Risk with Checker E. Finn Jr.

By Susan Pendergrass | Episode Length 1 min

Education | ARTICLE | June 25, 2021

A Rising Tide of Mediocrity

By Susan Pendergrass | Read Time 2 min

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