Education
What does it mean for a Minnesota school to exceed expectations?
Understanding Minnesota’s abysmal test scores — with 42.6 percent of students performing at grade level in math in 2025 and only 47.6 percent at grade level in reading — can be a more nuanced process than might be expected. While the goals for…
What Isn’t a Charter School?
Let’s imagine you have an important job to do. Some reasonable people consider it the most important…
Harvard’s high grade revelations should cause…
A 25-page report released in late October by Harvard’s Office of Undergraduate Education revealed…
Two Missouri Public School Districts Opt into…
Two public school districts—Hallsville R-IV and Atlanta C-3—are the first districts in Missouri to…
The Long Fight for Educational Freedom with Neal…
Learn more about the book here: www.cato.org/books/fighting-freedom-learn Susan Pendergrass speaks…
Is America’s strongest advocate your local teacher?
The past decade of American soul-searching has left many adrift. Is America a fundamentally good country? Has it ever been–or will it ever be in the future? Should children be told that America is fundamentally evil, or fundamentally good? Within the…
Improving Teacher Quality to Improve Reading Quality
In my recent report, An Expedition to Improve Student Reading, I described Missouri’s falling…
Gov. Walz’s $400 million public school decision
Gov. Tim Walz is facing a consequential decision about whether to have the state of Minnesota opt in…
Low-income students 16 points below Illinois average
New Illinois State Board of Education data shows low-income and minority public school…
Let’s Expect Better
Following up on an earlier blog post, it should be noted that the Missouri Department of Elementary…
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