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A Step Forward
09 Nov

A Step Forward

Posted by Justin Hauke Education

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 […]

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More Investments in Education
08 Nov

More Investments in Education

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed (get a subscription, people; there’s no free lunch) about for-profit management of […]

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Save the Charters!
08 Nov

Save the Charters!

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

Dave Roland takes issue with my criticism of an effort to close "failing" charter schools in Ohio. He writes: A […]

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A Great Investment or a Tough Choice?
08 Nov

A Great Investment or a Tough Choice?

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

I learn from the Missouri NEA that next week is American Education Week. (I love how we have a week […]

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Close Those Charters, Dangit!
08 Nov

Close Those Charters, Dangit!

Posted by Dave Roland Education

I just wanted to briefly follow up Sarah’s earlier post about Ohio’s threatened closing of some of its charter schools. […]

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Tuition Tax Credits
08 Nov

Tuition Tax Credits

Posted by Justin Hauke Education

Within the next few weeks, the Show-Me Institute will be releasing a study about the economic benefits of a tuition […]

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Charters Held to a Higher Standard
08 Nov

Charters Held to a Higher Standard

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

The New York Times reports that Ohio’s attorney general is trying to close some of the state’s charter schools, and […]

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Interesting Story in Post About Outsourcing Mental Health Care
08 Nov

Interesting Story in Post About Outsourcing Mental Health Care

Posted by David Stokes Free-Market Reform, Transparency

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a very interesting story (link via Combest) on the state’s plan to send the casework […]

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Clayton Won’t Play By the Rules
07 Nov

Clayton Won’t Play By the Rules

Posted by Justin Hauke Education

Four St. Louis families with children attending Clayton schools (and who previously attended St. Louis schools) are filing a lawsuit […]

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Unintended Consequences
07 Nov

Unintended Consequences

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

I think Dave Stokes is right about voting, but education is one subject that we should listen to economists about. […]

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Big School Vote in Kansas City! Will It Come to St. Louis Next?
07 Nov

Big School Vote in Kansas City! Will It Come to St. Louis Next?

Posted by David Stokes Education

Voters in the section of the Kansas City school district that lies in the suburbs of Independence and Sugar Creek […]

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Why You Should Vote, and Not Listen to Economists on the Subject
07 Nov

Why You Should Vote, and Not Listen to Economists on the Subject

Posted by David Stokes Uncategorized

If you wanted a good counter argument for this, then scroll down to the very bottom of the article here. […]

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Start Choice Early
06 Nov

Start Choice Early

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

I went to preschool for one year, when I was four. Religion is one of those topics that’s off-limits on […]

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Public Schools Improve!
06 Nov

Public Schools Improve!

Posted by Dave Roland Education

In an interesting counterpoint to the report I discussed yesterday, the Economic Policy Institute has recently released a study entitled […]

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Anything But Choice
06 Nov

Anything But Choice

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

When opponents of parental choice say that it won’t work, I’m always eager to hear what alternative reforms they have […]

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Chancy Private Accounts
06 Nov

Chancy Private Accounts

Posted by Justin Hauke Free-Market Reform

There is a Colorado-based company (HSA for America) that helps individuals and companies set up individual HSA plans and shop […]

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“Smokey, this is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.”
06 Nov

“Smokey, this is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.”

Posted by Justin Hauke Economy

There’s another article this morning on Missouri campaign contribution limits (I’ve blogged about this issue before). Apparently, the contribution limits […]

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Internship Application Deadline Extended
05 Nov

Internship Application Deadline Extended

Posted by Eric D. Dixon Uncategorized

We’ve extended the application deadline for Spring 2008 internships through Friday, November 16. So if you’re a student (or you […]

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“I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means…”
05 Nov

“I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means…”

Posted by Dave Roland Education

On Sunday, the Kansas City Star ran a column that misinterprets a recent report published by the Wisconsin Policy Research […]

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Does This Really Surprise Anyone?
02 Nov

Does This Really Surprise Anyone?

Posted by Dave Roland Courts, Education

The school districts acting as the plaintiffs in CEE v. Missouri, which have thus far used more than $3 million […]

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