There is a very interesting post in The American Scene today about a proposal in New Jersey to mandate the […]
Ed in ’08 came to St. Louis this week to promote education reform. Follow the link to watch KTVI interview […]
There are two editorials in today’s Wall Street Journal that discuss and highlight the proper solutions (read: abolish needless government […]
A precocious high school student criticizes the accuracy of Missouri MAP test score results in today’s Springfield News-Leader, arguing that […]
Confluence Academy
The Post-Dispatch published a great article today about Confluence Academy. These successful charter schools have seen enrollment skyrocket, so that […]
To piggyback on Patrick’s earlier post, I stumbled across this interesting chart from the Wall Street Journal last night. We […]
I spotted an interesting article today in the Post-Dispatch discussing frustrations that many parents are having with a school in […]
Yesterday afternoon, Sen. Kit Bond outlined his energy bill, which somehow faltered in the Senate. It seems that typical politicking […]
In case you haven’t read it, I highly recommend David Boaz’s (of the Cato Institute) op-ed in yesterday’s Wall Street […]
Swing … and a Miss
Let me preface this post by saying that I appreciate the attention that Henry Waters, publisher of the Columbia Daily […]
Detailed commentary will follow, but I wanted to get Mayor Funkhouser’s new regional Kansas City transit plan up on our […]
Missourinet covers the continuing drama of the pre-need funeral scandals (seriously, what a bizarre thing for a scandal). It seems […]
Check out this new website. The Missouri Foundation for Health set it up to educate people about insurance coverage and […]
Every Memorial Day that I can recall while I grew up in Portland, Ore., we went to visit my mom’s […]
Incentives for Students
This week, Gary Becker and Richard Posner discuss programs like the one in New York City that pay children to […]
Devotees will remember my reservations about the passage of the property tax reform bill (which prevents backdoor tax increases through […]
Here’s a good way to make a positive out of a negative. The Missouri State Board of Education has decided […]
Perhaps there is no finer crucible with which to test criticisms of the earnings tax than a general economic downturn. […]
I would be remiss if I did not highly recommend this article from David Nicklaus with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Today’s post is simply planned as a collection of stories that you can make your own mind up about. Won’t […]
