Education
Hopes, hurdles, and hard choices in school enrollment
More than half of parents say they would choose a school type other than a traditional public district school if given the option, highlighting a continued and substantial disconnect between parents’ schooling preferences and actual enrollment…
What does it mean for a Minnesota school to exceed…
Understanding Minnesota’s abysmal test scores — with 42.6 percent of students performing at grade…
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 McCluskey and James Shuls
Learn more about the book here: www.cato.org/books/fighting-freedom-learn Susan Pendergrass speaks with James Shuls, fellow at the Show-Me Institute and head of the Education Liberty Branch at Florida State University, and Neal McCluskey of the Cato…
Is America’s strongest advocate your local teacher?
The past decade of American soul-searching has left many adrift. Is America a fundamentally good…
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…
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