It’s hard to miss this morning’s front-page article in the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch about Mayor Slay’s new plan to expand […]
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed (get a subscription, people; there’s no free lunch) about for-profit management of […]
Save the Charters!
Dave Roland takes issue with my criticism of an effort to close "failing" charter schools in Ohio. He writes: A […]
I learn from the Missouri NEA that next week is American Education Week. (I love how we have a week […]
I just wanted to briefly follow up Sarah’s earlier post about Ohio’s threatened closing of some of its charter schools. […]
Tuition Tax Credits
Within the next few weeks, the Show-Me Institute will be releasing a study about the economic benefits of a tuition […]
The New York Times reports that Ohio’s attorney general is trying to close some of the state’s charter schools, and […]
Interesting Story in Post About Outsourcing Mental Health Care
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a very interesting story (link via Combest) on the state’s plan to send the casework […]
Four St. Louis families with children attending Clayton schools (and who previously attended St. Louis schools) are filing a lawsuit […]
Unintended Consequences
I think Dave Stokes is right about voting, but education is one subject that we should listen to economists about. […]
Voters in the section of the Kansas City school district that lies in the suburbs of Independence and Sugar Creek […]
Why You Should Vote, and Not Listen to Economists on the Subject
If you wanted a good counter argument for this, then scroll down to the very bottom of the article here. […]
Start Choice Early
I went to preschool for one year, when I was four. Religion is one of those topics that’s off-limits on […]
Public Schools Improve!
In an interesting counterpoint to the report I discussed yesterday, the Economic Policy Institute has recently released a study entitled […]
Anything But Choice
When opponents of parental choice say that it won’t work, I’m always eager to hear what alternative reforms they have […]
There is a Colorado-based company (HSA for America) that helps individuals and companies set up individual HSA plans and shop […]
There’s another article this morning on Missouri campaign contribution limits (I’ve blogged about this issue before). Apparently, the contribution limits […]
We’ve extended the application deadline for Spring 2008 internships through Friday, November 16. So if you’re a student (or you […]
On Sunday, the Kansas City Star ran a column that misinterprets a recent report published by the Wisconsin Policy Research […]
The school districts acting as the plaintiffs in CEE v. Missouri, which have thus far used more than $3 million […]
