The Two Million Minutes Blog does a great job of pointing out the importance of science and math education. One […]
Combest links to this letter about physical education in schools. This sentence sums it up: We must give Missouri youth […]
Some schools grow food as part of a larger political ideology — an opposition to trade or agricultural business, or […]
I, Sustainability
This video is the polar opposite of “I, Pencil” — Leonard Read’s essay about the market economy told from the […]
St. Louis car dealing icon Dave Sinclair is a terrific businessman, but his economics leave a lot to be desired. […]
One tiny step back for state spending, one leap forward for common sense in Missouri’s budget. The Missouri Scholars Academy […]
Once upon a time, a city mouse went to visit his cousin who lived in northwest Missouri. He saw that […]
Whatever the benefits of physical exercise, the state doesn’t need to mandate 30 minutes of it per day for public […]
This Time article is from the inimitable Joel Stein. He describes how he takes on the locavore movement and prepares […]
The Missouri House of Representatives has shown some real political courage on the complicated issue of expanding the state’s Medicaid […]
Recapping the Hoxby Lecture
On Tuesday night, the Show-Me Institute and Saint Louis University were thrilled to host Dr. Caroline Hoxby for a lecture […]
Midwives
The International Day of the Midwife happened this week, so I thought I’d check up on the midwives. There isn’t […]
A four-day school week proposal was voted down in the Missouri Senate a few weeks ago, but the idea is […]
Freedom by Any Other Name
As we all know, spring is a time of new life and beginnings. Ritenour students are celebrating the birth of […]
Springfield Pension Blues
Two articles in the News-Leader have detailed the latest in the discussion about how Springfield should handle its pension shortfall. A special […]
Positive Externalities
Our tax dollars fund public schools because education produces positive externalities, right? You’re better off if everybody else in society […]
Ray Hartmann
Recently, in St. Louis Magazine, Ray Hartmann wrote two fantastic articles about subjects that the Show-Me Institute has rigorously blogged […]
USA Today follows up on the recent New York Times story about the new private airport in Branson. It is […]
This doesn’t bother me. A member of the St. Charles County Council is working in Iraq for one year of […]
Any comparison of U.S. education with school systems in other countries is incomplete if it leaves out American parents’ freedom […]
