In this blog we describe Missouri’s Annual Performance Report (APR) score calculations and the heavy emphasis they place on achievement and status.

In this week’s blog, we take a look at Missouri’s CORE 42 initiative that established the general education framework that all Missouri public two-year and four-year post-secondary institutions adopted in 2018-19.

In this blog, we take a look at different approaches to grade configuration and the new models in Normandy and Ferguson-Florissant.

In this blog, we put the 13th annual EdNext public opinion on education poll in the context of Missouri’s education legislation.

In this blog, we’re taking a look at Missouri’s new school calendar bill and how it may affect students.

In this blog, we’re taking a look at how Missouri’s charter schools are funded.

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

This week, we’re looking at the affects of a district losing accreditation, with a look back at the Missouri transfer 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this blog we explore various legislative proposals to address the workforce needs in Missouri, including HB 225, “Fast-Track Workforce Incentive Grant.”

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.