St. Louis’s Improving Crime Data

Braxton Steele on Jul 17, 2025

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A Freeze in July?

As a former tutor at a Tennessee Boys & Girls Club, a recent headline caught my eye: the Boys & […]

Missouri Families Need the “Unsafe School Choice Option”

A version of the following commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. When asked why they want school choice, families often […]

The MOScholars Program: Why and How to Participate

On July 10, 2025, Keith Kehrer and Derek Rose, lawyers from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, joined Show-Me Institute Director of […]

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School Choice Case Study: Charter Schools in Los Angeles

A 2024 study published in Education Finance and Policy finds that enrollment in one of five popular charter high schools […]

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Responding to PortKC’s Defenders

Michael Collins, a former CEO of PortKC and the founder of Grayson Capital, which specializes in “public-private real estate development,” […]

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What Could New Executive Orders on Nuclear Mean for Missouri?

In a recent op-ed, I discussed how national security may once again be a catalyst for the development and deployment […]

What’s in a NAEP Score?

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often called the Nation’s Report Card, is the gold standard for measuring academic […]

Understanding the One Big Beautiful Bill with Elias Tsapelas

Susan Pendergrass is joined by Elias Tsapelas, director of state budget and fiscal policy at the Show-Me Institute, to break […]

Schools After the Storm with Noah Devine

Susan Pendergrass speaks with Noah Devine, executive director of the Missouri Charter Public Schools Association, about how charter schools in St. Louis are responding after the recent tornado damaged multiple campuses.

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Credit Where Credit Is Due

Governor Kehoe took a red pen to the state budget before signing it, indicating that he takes his fiscal responsibility […]

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