In this policy brief, we summarize the issue of growing food insecurity among Missouri children, detailing the role of some of the federal programs that support them. As more families become food insecure in the wake of the pandemic, we also note evidence of the impact of hunger on critical student outcomes.

In this policy brief, we describe the results of the recent SLU/YouGov Poll and respondents’ opinions on charter schools, open enrollment policies, and private school choice.

In this policy brief, we describe the results of the recent SLU/YouGov Poll and respondents’ opinions on school finance and teacher salaries in light of the COVID-induced recession.

In this policy brief, we describe the results of the recent SLU/YouGov Poll and respondents’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they rate their local schools and schools across the state.

In this policy brief, we describe the results of the recent SLU/YouGov Poll and respondents’ thoughts on how leaders have handled the pandemic. We also describe responses to questions on whether Missourians think school should return to in-person instruction.

In this policy brief, we describe the National Center for Education Statistics’ Condition of Education Report. The 2020 edition focuses on Internet access, postsecondary degree completion, as well as examines trends and patterns across all levels of education in the United States. We focus on changes over time and add some additional data from outside sources to create relevance for Missouri’s education landscape.

In this policy brief, we describe Missouri’s School Improvement Program (MSIP) and how it impacts public schools in the state. We also describe the State Board of Education’s role in MSIP and how Misosuri’s state accountability system compares to the federal accountability program.

In this policy brief, we take a look at the results of the 2019 edition of the NAEP. Unlike previous years, Missouri saw its scores drop, specifically in 4th grade reading. We examine how different groups of students in Missouri performed, as well as how Missouri compared to neighboring states and the nation as whole.

In this policy brief, we take a dive into the ACT results for Missouri’s class of 2019 and how the decreased participation rate impacted scores in Missouri.

In this policy brief, we examine the role of school governance and its potential impacts on schools. We provide a specific look at how traditional public and public charter school governance models vary here in Missouri.

In this policy brief, we examine grade-level configuration approaches in Missouri, the existing research around configuration, and offer a view into the new approaches going into place in Normandy Schools Collaborative and Ferguson-Florissant School District.

(REVISED 8/29/2019) In this policy brief, we examine how the state of Missouri funds charter schools in St. Louis city and Kansas City

In this policy brief, we take a look back at Missouri’s transfer law, how it affected Normandy and Riverview Gardens, and some of the other implications of accreditation for Missouri’s school districts.

In this policy brief, we provide a brief history of Missouri’s standards and assessments and how these changes to large-scale assessment systems impact state and local decisions and funding.

In this policy brief, we take a look Missouri’s NAEP performance over the years and how it has remained mostly unchanged over the last 14 years. We compare Missouri’s results to National trends and look at how different students have performed.

In this policy brief, we take a look back at SLPS’s history moving into and back out of state oversight, how the district’s performance changed over this time period, how the approach in SLPS differs from other state takeovers, and how stability in district leadership provided a path forward for SLPS to return to its locally elected school board.