First Results of Our Request for Critical Race Theory Curricula
Earlier this week, we began a new transparency project focused on whether schools in Missouri are teaching critical race theory...
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Yes, We Should Be Concerned About Critical Race Theory
Caroline Cureau was my great-great-grandmother. In 1902, Caroline married Onesiphore Sarafin Manade, my great-great-grandfather, and the couple moved from Louisiana...
Live Event! Media Matters: The Impact of Storytelling on Culture
Join us on Monday, June 14 (Flag Day) for an in-person presentation by Lee Habeeb on The Impact of Storytelling on Culture....
Live Event! Media Matters: The Impact of Storytelling on Culture
Join us on Monday, June 14 (Flag Day) for an in-person presentation by Lee Habeeb on The Impact of Storytelling...
St. Louis Voters Support School Choice
The Missouri Association for Public Charter Schools has released a new poll measuring the opinions of voters in St. Louis....
WATCH: Connecting Policy and People with Lee Habeeb
On March 18, 2021 the Show-Me Institute hosted Lee Habeeb for a special town hall. Lee Habeeb is CEO and...
SMI Podcast: How to Tell America’s Story with Lee Habeeb
Lee Habeeb is CEO and founder of American Private Radio and host of Our American Stories. Download the Our American...
March 18: The Power of Storytelling: Connecting Policy with People
Join us on Thursday, March 18 for a special virtual event with Lee Habeeb. Lee Habeeb is CEO and founder...
The Power of Storytelling: Connecting Policy with People
Join us on Thursday, March 18 for a special virtual event with Lee Habeeb. Lee Habeeb is CEO and founder...
Sleepless in Sedalia – Or Further Discussion of Online Sales Tax Issues
Online sales taxes are one of those things where the more you study it the more questions you have. It’s...
Missouri Auditor’s Office Should Require Muni Checkbook Transparency
For the last couple years, Show-Me Institute writers have led the way on investigating transparency problems in Missouri government. If...
Missouri Needs Education Leadership Now More Than Ever
The past spring, much of Missouri turned into an education desert of homework packets, learning “opportunities,” and optional enrichment suggestions...
Local Government Wanting a Stimulus Check? Publish Your Checkbook
After state and local government officials across the country abruptly shut down the economy last month to combat the coronavirus...
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More Hotels; Fewer Taxes
Despite the fact that Kansas City just held an election in which the city’s profligate use of tax subsidies played...
Even Kansas City’s Director of Economic Development Knows that CDFA’s Incentive Study is Bogus
If, despite all that has been written here and elsewhere about how Kansas City’s Incentives Study was a complete and...
Plugging the Port Hole
A recent column by Dave Helling in The Kansas City Star called for Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to challenge...
We Could Give Teachers a Ten Percent Raise Next Year
In a recent op-ed, I asked, “Why do our best superintendents always leave?” The answer was obvious—the pension system. After...
Port KC Versus Taxpayers
Steve Vockrodt over at The Kansas City Star has a story about Google wanting to invest $600 million in a...
The Strata Deal Is Built on Misinformation
The Kansas City Star editorial board called for the city council to reject a proposal to use taxpayer money to...
The Incentives Study that Wasn’t
I’ve published a number of pieces about the 2018 Kansas City incentives study. Links to those are below. All the...
