Open Enrollment for Increasingly Closed Doors
With its recent vote to implement a four-day school week in 2023, the Independence School District joins 146 other Missouri...
Not happy with the results?
Type your search again
Some Thoughts on “Pre-Filing Eve”
For many of us, the beginning of December marks the beginning of the Christmas season, kicking off a monthlong period...
The Show-Me Curricula Project
In 2021, the Show-Me Institute began a new transparency project focused on whether schools in Missouri are teaching critical race...
At Least Hazelwood’s Honest
Last week, the Show-Me Institute kicked off a repeat of its Show-Me Curricula Project from last year. The purpose of...
Small but Mighty Huntsdale, Population 25
When I first started working on the municipal checkbook project this year, I thought that many of Missouri’s smallest cities...
Inflation? Try an $800,000 Price Hike
As we reboot the Show-Me Curricula Project, it’s been interesting to compare the differences in responses between last year and...
The $20,000 Discount: Municipal Checkbook Hall of Shame
Arbyrd, Missouri is a town of just over 400 people in the southwest corner of the Missouri Bootheel. Many small...
Clerk with a Camera: Municipal Checkbook Hall of Fame
The initial response to the Show-Me Institute’s municipal checkbook Sunshine Law request from the city of Linneus, a small town...
Municipal Checkbook Project Returns
Four years ago, Show-Me Institute researchers sent Sunshine Law requests across Missouri, asking cities how they were spending their tax...
Financial Data on Missouri’s 20 Largest Cities
The Tax Burden in Missouri’s 20 Largest Cities report that I published earlier this year displays financial information from Missouri’s...
The Kansas-Missouri Border War Isn’t Over
A version of this op-ed was published in the Columbia Missourian. Missouri and Kansas are no strangers to border conflict....
The Kansas City Star Lies in “Parents’ Bill of Rights” Editorial
In an editorial titled “Missouri think tank’s ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’ wants us to subsidize private schools,” the Kansas City...
Colorado Governor vs. Income Taxes
Colorado Governor Jared Polis recently took a (perhaps surprising) stance against income taxes. At the Steamboat Institute’s Freedom Conference, Polis...
Yes, Mr. Pratt, Critical Race Theory is Being Taught and Trained in Missouri K-12
Wes Pratt is the chief diversity officer of Missouri State University, and late last week Mr. Pratt gave a presentation...
Wait, the Columbia Public School District Said What about Teaching the 1619 Project?
The 1619 Project will be taught in the Columbia Public School District (CPS) and the instruction is supported by a...
Complete the Idea: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion—and Convergence (DEIC)
As I’ve shared before, my immigrant-turned-native-born family enjoyed and endured both the best and worst of America’s story. But my...
The Unbelievable “Whiteness” of Springfield Public Schools
The debate over critical race theory (CRT) is heating up in the Show-Me State. The legislature recently held a hearing...
Lee’s Summit School District Wants $40,000 to Show What It’s Teaching Kids
As readers know, over the last few weeks we’ve made public records requests to schools and districts across the state...
Columbia Public School District Bringing the 1619 Project to Classrooms
This week at a meeting of its school board, the Columbia Public School District officially accepted a grant from the...
Major K-12 Teachers Union Endorses Teaching Critical Race Theory
The National Education Association (NEA) made some big news at its annual meeting last week, endorsing the teaching of critical...
