Charter Schools Are Giving Families Options
When my wife and I found out we were having a baby, we began looking for pediatricians. We wanted the...
Missouri Gets D- In Education Policies
“Currently, Missouri’s education policies do not prioritize great teaching, empowering parents with quality choices, or allocating resources wisely to raise...
Charter Performance I: Communication Arts
The performance of charter schools in Missouri often is the subject of much scrutiny. Ideally, we would evaluate schools not...
Celebrating Mediocrity
The 2011 results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress for vocabulary were recently released. Missouri once again ranked near...
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...
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly From The State Board Of Education Meeting
More charter schools, a change in Saint Louis Public Schools’ accreditation status . . . Get the low-down from yesterday’s Missouri State...
Status Quo 1 – Kids 0
In a sad move, a Saint Louis Circuit Court judge has ruled that Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS) does not have...
NAACP Says Litigation Likely In Fight For School Choice
When six failing schools close in an unaccredited school district, where do the students go? That is the question facing...
100 Days Of Bad Teaching (Or More)
At a Show-Me Institute policy breakfast, Saint Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams noted that it is very difficult to...
Teacher Tenure: Time for a Change
At a Show-Me Institute policy breakfast December 6th, St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams spoke of the difficulty of...
Missouri Public Schools: Policy Discussion
On December 6, 2011, the Show-Me Institute was honored to host Saint Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams along with...
Are Missouri Public Schools Failing to Make the Grade?
If you have not done so lately, check out the latest videos on our video page. A couple recent videos: Are...
And the Job Guesstimates Resume: RCGA Now Says Aerotropolis Will Bring 32,000 Jobs to Saint Louis
Let me take you back in time for just a moment. On October 27, 2006, the RCGA released a study...
So, Does This Mean Taxpayers Will Own Half of Stifel Nicolaus’ New Building?
For Saint Louisans, it’s a Good News/Bad News/Worse News sort of situation. The Good News? One of the region’s big...
Saint Louis Public Schools Special Administrative Board Names New LRA Commissioner
When St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) last appointed a member of the Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) Commission, Bill Clinton was...
Appointment of New LRA Commissioner “Imminent”
Last night, I attended the monthly meeting of the Special Administrative Board (SAB), which governs the St. Louis Public Schools....
Longest-Serving LRA Commissioner Resigns
The head of the Saint Louis Land Reutilization Authority (LRA), which owns more than 9,300 vacant city parcels, has resigned....
Funny You Should Mention It …
On July 31, the Post-Dispatch ran the following letter I had written to the editor: Society makes a promise to...
Nothing Comes From Nothing
On Tuesday, Saint Louis city residents voted overwhelmingly to pass a $155 million bond for Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS)....
An Opportunity for SLPS
Now that the Missouri Virtual Instruction Program has lost state funding and is charging tuition, it’s an opportune time for...
