Kansas City School Board Member Resigns … Twice?
The Kansas City School District not only struggles to run schools, but also struggles to run the school board. On Dec....
Missouri Students: Still Stuck In The Middle
Last fall, I wrote about how Missouri’s education system was stuck in the middle and showing little sign of improvement....
New Missouri Educator Profile Test Tells Teachers…Something
As of this fall, prospective Missouri teachers are paying $22 to take a test that will tell them…something. Missouri’s Department...
Playing The MSIP Game
At the Show-Me Institute’s Policy Breakfast last week, Normandy School District Superintendent Ty McNichols stated that his district would begin...
New CATO Report: Cracking The Books
The CATO Institute recently released a report, “Cracking the Books: How Well Do State Education Departments Report Public School Spending.”...
Banner Year For Charter Schools
I’m not sure I would call myself a prophet. I’m sure many of my predictions don’t come true. For instance,...
Kansas City School’s Untested Tech Program
The Kansas City School Board recently unveiled a new program in which they’ll give each student a tablet computer. Andrea...
Save Gordon Parks Elementary School
Gordon Parks Elementary School, a charter school in Kansas City, has abysmally low achievement scores. In 2012, just 13 percent...
School Transfers, Follow The Money
Following the advice of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), the Riverview Gardens and Normandy school districts...
Why A Single High School Equivalency Exam?
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced on Wednesday that it selected a new test to replace the...
Dismantling The Post-Dispatch’s Piece About Education (Part 2 of 4)
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board recently issued an opinion piece riddled with errors, faulty assumptions, and half-truths. This post...
More Evidence Of DESE Stifling Debate About Common Core?
On May 3, I sent the tweet below to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and Commissioner...
We Have Been Unblocked By DESE!
Earlier today, we wrote a blog post about the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s blocking of my Twitter...
Don’t Like Common Core, Go Ahead And Leave
Last week, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) hosted “information sessions” throughout the state about the new...
Lindbergh Crowd Halts Scripted Common Core Meeting
Officials from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) are finding out that it might not be easier...
DESE Should Consider District Level Waivers
Let’s recap. In 1965, the United States Congress passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as part of Lyndon...
Springfield School Choice Kerfuffle
On Feb. 17, the Springfield News-Leader published an article I wrote about private school choice. In that piece, I tell...
Letter Grades: A Hallmark Of Childhood
The Springfield News-Leader recently published an article that stated, “It’s a hallmark of childhood — the grade card, hopefully stamped...
Celebrating Mediocrity
The 2011 results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress for vocabulary were recently released. Missouri once again ranked near...
Teacher Salary Straitjacket
If you ran a small business and had to fill two vacancies, one in an area where you were sure...
