UPDATES ON EDUCATION RESEARCH AND POLICY
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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.
Enrollment Trends Across Five Types of Public Schools in St. Louis City
In this second blog of a four-part series, we examine enrollment trends from fall 2020 through fall 2025 across five types of public schools in St. Louis City
Academic Growth Scores Across Four Types of Public Schools in St. Louis City
In this first blog of a four-part series, we examine average three-year growth scores (from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25) across four types of public schools in St. Louis City: Saint Louis Public Schools neighborhood schools, SLPS open magnet schools, SLPS selective magnet schools, and public charter schools.
PRiME In the News: Collin Hitt on Homeschooling in Missouri
This report, focused on homeschooling in Missouri, found through estimations that of the over one million school-aged children in Missouri, 61,000 (6% of all school-age children) are homeschooled.
Urban Renewal’s Educational Legacy: Black Displacement and School Segregation from Mill Creek to Pruitt-Igoe
This research was presented at the Mapping Spaces, Embodying Territories 2025 Conference at Saint Louis University on April 4, 2025.