Want to know how many teachers there are in Missouri? How much we spend per student? How are test scores changing over time? Check out our new booklet – The 2019 Missouri Condition of Education. This booklet contains 28 indicators with the latest data available on Missouri elementary and secondary education.
You can view the booklet here, or download the .pdf at the link below.
About the Author
Abigail Burrola graduated from Azusa Pacific University with a bachelors degree in political science in 2018. She is originally from the Minneapolis area, and her policy interests include special education practices and rural school choice.
About the Author
Before joining the Show-Me Institute, Susan Pendergrass was Vice President of Research and Evaluation for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, where she oversaw data collection and analysis and carried out a rigorous research program. Susan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business, with a concentration in Finance, at the University of Colorado in 1983. She earned her Masters in Business Administration at George Washington University, with a concentration in Finance (1992) and a doctorate in public policy from George Mason University, with a concentration in social policy (2002). Susan began researching charter schools with her dissertation on the competitive effects of Massachusetts charter schools. Since then, she has conducted numerous studies on the fiscal impact of school choice legislation. Susan has also taught quantitative methods courses at the Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies, at Johns Hopkins University, and at the School of Public Policy at George Mason University. Prior to coming to the National Alliance, Susan was a senior policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Education during the Bush administration and a senior research scientist at the National Center for Education Statistics during the Obama administration.
