IFF Provides Map for “Quality” Charter Schools
IFF, a nonprofit community development financial institution based out of Chicago, released its latest widget last week. The widget is...
Does An Underfunded Formula Really Hurt Schools?
Does “underfunding” have a detrimental impact on Missouri school districts? The people at the Missouri Budget Project think so. According...
Announcing New Case Study: Live Free and Learn
Over the course of the past year, I have spoken and written a lot about tax credit scholarships. When I...
Banner Year For Charter Schools
I’m not sure I would call myself a prophet. I’m sure many of my predictions don’t come true. For instance,...
School Transfers, Follow The Money (Part 2)
Right now, there are so many unknowns when it comes to the issue of student transfers from unaccredited school districts....
Charter Performance I: Communication Arts
The performance of charter schools in Missouri often is the subject of much scrutiny. Ideally, we would evaluate schools not...
Virtual Education, Real Opportunity
Recently, the Kansas City Star ran a piece on a little-known and underutilized option for Missouri students, the Missouri Virtual...
He Cannot Be Serious
The other day, the Kansas City Star published a truly pathetic piece from a college instructor literally begging to be...
Oops! Sorry About Demolishing Your Property
Albert Munoz, who works as a mechanic and a construction worker, bought a 2-story building in Kansas City, Kan., in...
David Stokes Guest Hosting on the Marconi Machine This Afternoon
Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst David Stokes will be guest hosting on the Dr. Gina Loudon Show this afternoon from 4:00...
Private Property and the First Thanksgiving
The popular New England origin story of Thanksgiving (there are other claims to the first American Thanksgiving) might not have...
Student for Hire
The Chronicle of Higher Education ran a fascinating article by a guy who claims to write academic papers for struggling...
Celebrate Educational Diversity
The Washington Post recently carried an article by Reason magazine senior editor Katherine Mangu-Ward on the benefits of online education...
Chester E. Finn Jr. on the Common Core Standards
Chester E. Finn Jr. is trying to convince conservatives to support the Common Core Standards. Although I don’t know whether...
“No Coherent Strategy” for Teaching Foreign Languages
The New York Times‘ Room for Debate blog asks whether Chinese instruction will take hold in American schools or whether...
There Once Was a Dog From Newfoundland …
I believe there’s a connection between the state poet laureate and official state symbols — and someone else agrees! Writing...
Quick Fixes Won’t Raise Test Scores
Charles Murray can’t be pleased with the New York City Department of Education’s plan to spend a few hundred thousand...
Say It Once, Say It Twice
English is the official language of the state of Missouri. One official language is bad enough, but at least we...
Even More on Missouri Film Tax Credits
Frédéric Bastiat My recent op-ed against film tax credits was published as a guest commentary in the Columbia Missourian today!...
Food Protectionism in Europe
The Wall Street Journal reports on the strange predicament of an English village named Stilton: The bar on producing Stilton...
