It’s Happening
Congratulations, West Virginia families! The West Virginia Supreme Court just ruled that the new Hope Scholarship program—an education savings account...
The Shift Toward Parents Continues
Although teachers’ unions have been around for over one hundred years, collective bargaining and teachers’ strikes really began in about...
In Another Grinding Legislative Session, Missourians’ Priorities Getting Ignored Again
After countless hours of debate and filibuster, the Missouri Senate finally passed a version of a redistricted Congressional map—a regular...
Hey Licensed Professionals: It’s Time to Move to Missouri
Missouri lawmakers made an uncharacteristically groundbreaking move in 2020 when they passed occupational licensing reciprocity. This means that occupational licensure...
That’s One Way to Do It—but It’s Certainly Not the Only Way
What is more likely to give families relief—administrative action or the court system? Missouri’s attorney general has opted for the...
Missouri Shouldn’t Make Arizona’s Tax Mistake
Arizona voters recently approved a proposition to impose a 3.5 percent surtax on high-income individuals and joint filers to increase...
Teachers Unions Set Their Sights on Micro-schools
Kelly Smith is a very nice guy. On his Twitter profile, he describes himself to his 400 followers as a...
Fall 2020 Educational Resources for Missouri Parents
Read the latest from Susan Pendergrass Parents are angry and confused right now. Many are receiving mixed messages from school...
Rooftop Solar Power Law Acts as Subsidy for the Wealthy
A policy meant to encourage more rooftop solar power generation could be costing all ratepayers and subsidizing the affluent. The...
Missouri Delivers on License Reciprocity
For nearly a decade now, my colleagues and I have pushed hard to establish unilateral license reciprocity in health care...
St. Louis Ranked in the Middle in Ease-of-Doing-Business Study
The St. Louis Business Journal recently published details of a report that placed St. Louis in the top ten “untapped...
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Charter Schools Can Fill the Void in Rural Areas
Finding options for your child’s education can be challenging to begin with, but living in a rural area can make...
Pennsylvania is Reducing Licensing Barriers. Why Doesn’t Missouri?
Following in Arizona’s footsteps, Pennsylvania enacted an occupational licensing reciprocity law on July 1. This means Pennsylvania will accept occupational...
Arizona is Pushing Universal Licensing? Yes Please!
If you’re licensed to fix hair, or fix plumbing, or fix ankles in another state, it’s sort of silly that...
Giving Ex-Offenders a Fresh Start When Looking for a Job: Part Two
As researchers at the Show-Me Institute have pointed out before, occupational licensing can be burdensome for workers and consumers in...
2018: A Bad Year for Government-failure Deniers
Are you a government-failure denier – someone who believes that the government that governs best is one that overflows with...
Are Missouri Teacher Salaries Going Down?
Last year, teachers went on strike in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arizona, and Colorado and a general sense of unrest...
2018: A Bad Year for Government-failure Deniers
Are you a government-failure denier – someone who believes that the government that governs best is one that overflows with...
2018 Blueprint: Education Savings Accounts
THE PROBLEM: Missouri students are underperforming. On the 2015 NAEP exam, only 31% of Missouri 8th-graders were found proficient in...
2018 Blueprint: Prevailing Wage
THE PROBLEM: Many government construction contracts dictate what potential contractors must pay workers to get the job. These restrictions are...
