
UPDATES ON EDUCATION RESEARCH AND POLICY
NEW POSTS WEEKLY!
We want to help lawmakers, educators, and families make decisions about education by providing updates on national, regional and Missouri-specific research. While we strive to be objective, we want to facilitate discussion and will occasionally offer our own views on this blog.
Education Next Poll: College Funding, School Choice, and Teacher Pay in Missouri
In this blog, we put the 13th annual EdNext public opinion on education poll in the context of Missouri’s education legislation.
Missouri's School Calendar: What's Best for Kids?
In this blog, we’re taking a look at Missouri’s new school calendar bill and how it may affect students.
Missouri Charter School Funding
In this blog, we’re taking a look at how Missouri’s charter schools are funded.
Charter Schools 101
In this blog, we’re offering an answer to the question, “What is a charter school?” We’ve got some definitions and descriptions of Missouri’s charter school law
Missouri's Student Transfer Law
This week, we’re looking at the affects of a district losing accreditation, with a look back at the Missouri transfer program.
Missouri's Visiting Scholar Program
This week, we’re looking at the Visiting Scholar Certificate, designed to allow those with professional experience an opportunity to teach in Missouri’s schools.
Education in the Missouri Bootheel
Today, we’re publishing our first Bottheel Regional Profile. Inside, you’ll find information on students, spending, and teachers in the traditional public school districts in Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott, and Stoddard Counties in the Missouri Bootheel.
Summer Break - A Win or Loss for Learning?
In this week’s blog, we examine the research on summer learning loss and the importance of the summer in helping to close the achievement gap between students of varying socioeconomic backgrounds.
Summer Meals: What Happens When School’s Out
This week’s blog examines the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program and how summer vacation affects students who rely on schools for meals.
Missouri's Assessment and Standards Changes
This week, we take a look back at how 10 years of changes to Missouri’s learning standards and assessments and how these changes impacted student achievement.
Missouri General Assembly End-of-Session Wrap Up
The Missouri General Assembly ended the 2019 session having passed several education bills while leaving others on the table. In this week’s blog, we take a look at some of the new education initiative that passed and those that failed, but will likely be back next session.
Education in Greater Kansas City
Today, we’re publishing our first annual Kansas City Regional Profile. Inside, you’ll find information on students, spending, and teachers in the traditional public school and public charter school districts in the greater Kansas City region.
Education in the St. Louis Region
Today, we’re publishing our first annual St. Louis Regional Profile. Inside, you’ll find information on students, spending, and teachers in the traditional public school and public charter school districts in St. Louis City and County.
The Future of Missouri's Workforce
In this blog we explore various legislative proposals to address the workforce needs in Missouri, including HB 225, “Fast-Track Workforce Incentive Grant.”
NAEP Results: What do these numbers and rankings really tell us?
Want to know more about Missouri’s most recent NAEP results? We highlight the results of the 2017 iteration of the Nation’s Report Card and Missouri performed compared the rest of the U.S.
MO State Board Reinstates Local Control of SLPS
Today, St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) is set to mark another major milestone. After 12 years of governance under a special administrative board (SAB), the State Board of Education will vote to return governance authority to the locally-elected board of education.
Welcome to PRiME!
Today marks the official beginning of the PRiME Center (Policy Research in Missouri Education) at Saint Louis University. Our aim is to contribute research and analysis that informs education policy decisions in Missouri.
2019 Missouri Education Profile
The PRiME Center is pleased to share the 2019 Missouri Education Profile, presenting a 30,000 foot overview of Missouri’s schools and students and the resources supporting them. In this blog you’ll find a brief description of the information in the 2019 profile