What if We Decided to Lean in to Testing?
The College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) program teaches college-level coursework to high school students and then tests their knowledge with...
Application Deadline for Close the Gap Grant is Almost Here
The application deadline for Missouri’s Close the Gap Grant Program is quickly approaching. The law was passed back in 2022,...
Is This the New Normal?
Oh, for the halcyon days when parents had to sue to get their children access to virtual education in Missouri....
Mission (not) Accomplished
I knew it might be too good to be true. During the 2018 legislative session, lawmakers passed and the governor...
Course Access is Finally Available
After almost a year of waiting, course access for Missouri students is finally in sight. The Department of Elementary and...
Finally, a Victory for Parents and Students in Missouri
The doors to a better education may have opened wide for all Missouri students this week. Despite a distracted legislative...
MoVIP Program Could Bring Advanced Coursework to Missouri Students
What’s so important about STEM education? For one thing, it’s a pathway to a high-paying job. According to the U.S....
State ESSA Plan Offers Opportunity for Course Access
Earlier this month the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released a draft of its plan to comply with the...
What’s the Matter with Connecticut?
In 1971, the band Ten Years After released the song “I’d Love to Change the World” in which they bemoaned...
Course Access in Missouri, Updated
A little more than a year ago, Brittany Wagner and I published a paper titled “Course Access in Missouri: Diversity,...
Education Reform Should Be Top Priority for Missouri’s Leaders
On November 8, Missourians sent a clear message: We want change. Republicans won every major statewide office—all of which but...
Missouri State Parks Floating the Idea of Crowding Out Private Enterprise
Small business owners are used to competition. Most know who their main competitors are. They also know that if they...
No Child Left Behind Has One Foot in the Grave
After the pigs got clearing for takeoff and the weather reports from Hell came back with a temperature below 32...
Is there evidence of a “teacher exodus” from Kansas?
If you take the media’s account of the state of the teaching profession in Kansas seriously, you’d think that there...
The Risks of the New Convention Hotel
Despite being midsized in both population and convention business, Kansas City was rated among the top five cities in high travel taxes....
Was the Transfer Program Poorly Designed?
In the early 1970s the Ford Motor Company designed the Pinto. In addition to being extremely ugly, the Pinto was...
Missouri’s Teacher Equity Plan Draft Misses the Mark
Is a teacher with a master’s degree in biology and several years of research experience unqualified to teach high school...
Kansas City’s Ghost Of Streetcars Yet To Come
Just as with the airport, another ghost of Christmas Future is visiting Kansas City, this time regarding streetcars. According to The Wall...
Southwest Says MCI Terminal Plan is Too Expensive
Over the last few months, the Show-Me Institute has stated time and again that the Kansas City Aviation Department’s single...
Budget Action In Search Of A Crisis
Three weeks ago, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced that he would withhold slightly more than $400 million from the state’s...
