Public Schools Need Fewer Mandates, Parents Need More Choices
Over the past year, the Normandy School District has grabbed the state’s attention, and for good reason. Little more than...
Normandy Transfers: Taking It to the Courts
Earlier this week, I sat down with attorney Joshua Schindler. Schindler represents several Normandy students who would like to transfer...
Allowing Normandy Students To Return Makes Sense To The Head And The Heart
A Joint Statement From Adolphus M. Pruitt and James V. Shuls In the fall of 2013, students from the unaccredited...
The Transfer Program – Curbing The Decade-Long Drop In Enrollment?
According to data from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, enrollment in the Normandy School District has been...
What Does Common Core Mean For Homeschoolers?
The Common Core State Standards have brought a wave of protests from concerned parents throughout the country, including here in...
Mo’ Money Will Not Solve MO Problems
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a lot of money? So much money that you could do everything you want...
A Low-Performing School By Any Other Name . . .
Although just more than half of students in the Saint Louis Public Schools graduate in four years and the district...
Help Wanted: High-Performing Teachers Need Not Apply
As the Chicago teacher’s strike carries into its second week, many interesting facts are coming to light. We know the...
Stuck In The Middle: Missouri’s Middling Academic Achievement
I previously displayed Missouri’s rankings in terms of student achievement. On the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress, Missouri fourth...
One District’s Competition Is Another District’s Poaching
A member of a school board in Madison, Wis., has noticed that it pays for districts to set up online...
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