What About the other 80 Percent of Missourians?

Susan Pendergrass on Nov 23, 2020
Education
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Nov 19, 2020
What is an Education Savings Account (ESA)?
Click here to see how Education Savings Accounts could work in Missouri.   
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Education
Nov 18, 2020
SMI Podcast – Bad with Money: The Decline of Financial Literacy in America
On this episode of The Show-Me Institute Podcast, Dr. Susuan Penedergrass is joined by John Pelletier. They discuss the lack of real-world financial education in American schools, what some states […]
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State and Local Government
Nov 16, 2020
New Report Highlights Dangers of Kicking Missouri’s Infrastructure Funding Can Down the Road
Missouri’s roads are more than just a convenience—they’re an economic asset. According to the most recent data from 2011, roughly $711 billion worth of freight crosses Missouri each year, and […]
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Economy
Nov 12, 2020
Multnomah County, Oregon Should’ve Called St. Louis Before Making This Mistake
Multnomah County, Oregon, which contains the city of Portland, recently approved a local income tax increase to fund tuition-free preschool. This measure will increase the local income tax by 1.5 […]
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Corporate Welfare
Nov 9, 2020
Fixing the “Delmar Divide” with a TIF?
Developers are asking for millions in tax subsidies for a redevelopment project with the hopes of fixing St. Louis’s “Delmar Divide” between the Central West End and the low-income neighborhoods […]

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State and Local Government
Nov 6, 2020
Commentary: Funding Roads by the Mile, Not the Gallon
A version of this first appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. Missouri’s road maintenance funding is on a road to nowhere. Interstate 70, Missouri’s economic and transportation lifeline, is falling […]
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Health Care
Nov 5, 2020
Telemedicine Gaining Momentum
Amidst the hardship and disruption of the coronavirus pandemic, the rise of telemedicine has been a small silver lining. Shortly after the public health emergency began, it became clear that […]
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Education
Nov 3, 2020
Election Day Is a Great Day for Civics Education
My friend James Shuls is giving so-called “action civics” education a good fisking (here, here, and here) and I just wanted to add one quick point. Frederick Hess of the […]
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Education
Nov 2, 2020
Action Civics: Teaching Students to Become Activists (Part 3 of 3)
In my previous two posts on action civics (which you can find here and here), I have suggested that this form of pedagogy is dangerous for two reasons. First, it […]
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Education
Oct 30, 2020
Action Civics: Teaching Students to Become Activists (Part 2 of 3)
In my previous post, I introduced readers to a concept known in education circles as action civics. As I noted in that post, proponents claim action civics is a way […]
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State and Local Government
Oct 29, 2020
Driver Privacy and Electronic Tolling
My recent posts have explored ways to connect paying for road maintenance with the damage drivers’ vehicles inflict upon roads (rather than with the amount and type of fuel those […]

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