Education

Insights

  • Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.

    On May 4, 2012, Benno Schmidt, interim president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, delivered the commencement address to the Henry W. Bloch School Management at the University of Missouri—Kansas City. He offered brief words of wisdom based on his life experiences.

  • A conversation with Dale Dougherty, editor and publisher of MAKE, and general manager of the Maker Media division of O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Highlights

Featured Resources

  • The Kauffman Thoughtbook is the flagship communication piece for the Kauffman Foundation. The Thoughtbook serves as our annual report. It tells the story of the Kauffman Foundation through essays written by our associates at the Foundation and the influential thought leaders we work with to advance educational achievement and entrepreneurial success.

  • Working with partners at Public Impact, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools conducted this study to explore the charter school movement in Missouri, after 10 years of charter school operation. The researchers studied data to understand the current status of Missouri charter schools, and the factors that shaped charter school policy in the state.

  • The primary obstacle to improving teacher quality in the Kansas City, Missouri School District is a deeply entrenched culture of low expectations and indifference that pervades the district, according to a report released by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ).