The hit game Wordle is something I look forward to doing every day. While the prestigious and crowning achievement of […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Robert VerBruggen about his latest report Making Metros Family-Friendly: Rankings and Suggestions. Read the full report […]
Across the country, people are starting to realize that occupational licensing has gone too far. Slowly but surely, we are […]
Wrong Then, Wrong Now—the Post-Dispatch and School Choice
It will come as no surprise to the readers of the Show-Me Institute blog that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch gets […]
WATCH: Stopping America’s Slide to Socialism with Kevin A. Hassett
On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, Kevin A. Hassett discussed his compelling memoir and analysis, “The Drift: Stopping America’s Slide to […]
The Reason Foundation just released a new report on how (or if) states are letting families choose their public school—a […]
Good Ideas Done Poorly in Jefferson and Perry Counties
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. As systems evolve and become more complex over […]
Energy is a very complicated topic, and policy debates around energy often involve confusing jargon along with terms and concepts […]
I am several weeks late on this, but it is worth stressing how Kansas City and Jackson County have missed […]
Dr. Eric Hanushek, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, has been studying the relationship between academic […]
Riverview Gardens and Normandy Are Regaining Local Control
After a decade of state control, the Missouri Board of Education recently announced it will restore local control to two […]
David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss Detroit’s land tax experiment, redevelopment subsides in North […]
In Search of Statutory Authority for Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Standards
On Tuesday, the State Board of Education rejected DESE’s proposed social-emotional learning standards. It appears the decision was largely influenced […]
There is a famous joke about the State Department. Whenever a president asks the State Department for options on a […]
It Is Time to Restore Trust in Missouri’s Public Education System
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Trust is foundational to any healthy school learning community. This […]
Zach Lawhorn speaks to Susan Pendergrass, director of education policy at the Show-Me Institute, about her new report The Future […]
Application Deadline for Close the Gap Grant is Almost Here
The application deadline for Missouri’s Close the Gap Grant Program is quickly approaching. The law was passed back in 2022, […]
ACT, the organization that administers one of the most widely used college entrance exams, just released the scores for last […]
The media is finally catching on to a trend I’ve discussed often here. The number of elementary and secondary students […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Randal O’ Toole about his new report “Is St. Louis Transit Built for the 2020s or […]
