The state of Missouri provides almost half of the funding for public education (the rest comes from the federal government […]
In addition to the nearly $3 billion in federal relief funding that Missouri received to try to right the public […]
Missouri’s government spending is out of control, and a new report from the Cato Institute, a free-market think in Washington, […]
In a $10 billion budget request that goes on for almost 950 pages, it might be easy to overlook a […]
The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) recently released a report confirming what free-market advocates like Milton Friedman and many of us […]
On October 22, the Show-Me Institute released the following recommendations for bringing Missouri government spending under control. Download the […]
I attended a screening of the KCPBS documentary “A Tale of Three Cities” on Tuesday hosted by the Kansas City […]
Rarely do my predictions come through as quickly, starkly, and ironically as they are in Jackson County right now. Last […]
When considering the costs of running a school, we may think of items like teacher salaries, classroom technology, textbooks, and […]
As a resident of the Wentzville School District, I recently received a copy of the district’s 2023–24 annual report. The […]
With ongoing reports about St. Louis Public Schools’s (SLPS) finances, I was interested to learn that SLPS had created nine […]
A version of the following letter was published in the Kansas City Star. On November 5, voters in Platte County will […]
In this episode, James V. Shuls speaks with David Stokes, Director of Municipal Policy at the Show-Me Institute, about his […]
In my previous post, I discussed how the shuttering of coal energy in Missouri could create problems with energy prices […]
The coal-powered Rush Island Energy Center in Jefferson County will be shut down on October 15. The 1,178-megawatt energy center […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Jenny Clark, Founder & CEO of Love Your School, about the experience of navigating Arizona’s Education […]
KMOV ran a piece the other day reporting that the St. Louis comptroller claims the city has a $42.2 million […]
A version of the following commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Among the many things that Missourians will vote on […]
On Wednesday, October 9, a new committee of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen is holding its first hearing. The […]
Do you think students should get promoted to the next grade if they do not understand grade-level material? There are […]
