Saint Louis University and the Show-Me Institute are proud to inaugurate a new speaker series on February 19, featuring an address by Eric Hanushek, Ph.D., asking "Can We Improve Urban Schools?"
While many millions of Americans were watching two football teams battle it out in an evenly matched contest, a real life battle for the future of this nation was and is being fought...
With the 2008 presidential campaign in full swing, the leading candidates of both major parties have outlined vastly differing education policy proposals...
Serious research flaws underlie the findings of a high-profile study released this past fall on the impact of Milwaukee’s school choice programs, according to education researcher Martin R. West of Brown University...
One of several things Democrat John O. Norquist became famous for during his four terms as mayor of Milwaukee was his enthusiastic implementation of a school-voucher system for his city...
As a high-profile former teacher-of-the-year in his part of the state, North Carolina middle school teacher William Ferriter sometimes gets flak for continuing to work in a relatively affluent, high-performing school rather than one plagued by poverty and academic problems...
I have believed for a while now that an important reason that suburban public schools outperform urban public schools is that suburban public schools have to keep the parents happier because of the competition from private schools...
Although Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has not yet released the report of his advisory Committee on Education Excellence, copies have been making subterranean rounds in Sacramento...