The Kansas City Star‘s Prime Buzz blog yesterday had a couple of posts criticizing our recent light rail study‘s use […]
Some Missouri legislators apparently think that the citizens of this state have too much say in the laws that govern […]
There’s a discussion of KIPP’s drawbacks and merits in the comments section of the Talk of the Day blog. One […]
Normally, if you had a sentence that contained the words, "Bridges," "score," "(MS)NBC"and "high(ly)," one would assume you were talking […]
This issue of Forbes examines education reform, and KIPP charter schools make a prominent appearance with an essay by Mike […]
Since the Regional Economist is one of my favorite publications, I wanted to add my own two cents on Eric […]
When citizens pass an initiative referendum, judges or elected officials should use the greatest of caution in exercising their […]
It’s official: Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools are coming to St. Louis: The announcement today from the San […]
One of our scholars, Michael Pakko, has a piece looking at the economic effects of smoking bans in this month’s […]
Last year we released a case study on the privatization of the county’s pharmacy services. With the release of the […]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a very thoughtful editorial this morning (link via Combest) about the Bellefontaine Habilitation Center in […]
Missouri Sen. Scott Rupp, for his recently introduced bill that seeks to end cyberbullying in the wake of the tragic […]
In the latest proof that foolishness knows no party, Bill Clinton and Arnold Schwarzenegger have teamed up to write about […]
The Kansas City Star has a preview of tonight’s State of the Union speech, which I will tune in to […]
The Kansas City School District is (once again) stumbling down the path (recently blazed by the Saint Louis School District) […]
The Show-Me Institute’s study on light rail proposals for Kansas City certainly received a good deal of attention yesterday. Many […]
A front-page story in this morning’s Post-Dispatch details the delays that have plagued the Ballpark Village development in downtown St. […]
It’s disturbing to think of nursing home abuse. Many of us have elderly family members or friends living in assisted-living […]
Today, the Show-Me Institute released a new policy study, "Review of Kansas City Transit Plans," by Randal O’Toole. The study […]
Do we need to panic about Chinese education? This organization thinks so: The message is clear: While Americans are partying, […]
