TFA Experiment Has Been A Success
“I’m sorry, ma’am, but your child will have a Yale grad teaching him math and a Harvard grad teaching science...
The ‘China Hub’: Another Flight of Fancy?
Although the state government is strapped for cash, Missouri’s General Assembly is about to place a huge and ill-advised bet...
Obamanomics: Growing the Pie or Dividing the Pie?
Jeffrey A. Miron, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Economics at...
Diminishing Returns
Apropos of my post about income taxes last Friday, two columns that ran over the weekend dramatically illustrate the downsides...
A Solution That Is Neat, Plausible, and Wrong
When I was pursuing my teacher certification, nearly all of my education classes stressed that teachers should teach to different...
You Have Three Years to Understand the New Health Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama last week, but that won’t...
Which Education Reforms Are Most Likely to Succeed?
On Feb. 18, the Show-Me Institute proudly presented featured speaker Dr. Jay Greene in conjunction with the Kansas City Public...
Cash for Clunkers Clunks
Last week, government officials announced that the “Cash for Clunkers” program — which offers subsidies of up to $4,500 when...
Too Much Information
Information is a scarce resource: There’s a cost to gathering it, analyzing it, and promulgating it. Human attention is also...
Unbelievable
One unfortunate consequence of inflationary government spending is that it gives people that crazy idea that it’s good to spend...
Textbook Legislation Update
Special thanks to the St. Joseph News-Press for reporting on an op-ed I wrote a few weeks ago. I hope...
Gun Buyback Program Provides Seed Money for New Guns
The one-day flowering of peace and safety in St. Louis city has ended, with the city police purchasing 540 guns...
The Odds of Education Reform
There are lots of ideas out there about how to improve education. Some are wackier than others. This article in...
More Investments in Education
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed (get a subscription, people; there’s no free lunch) about for-profit management of...
School Takeover Requires Mayoral Commitment
The Saint Louis school board has descended into chaos. The previous superintendent, Creg Williams, was ousted in July after just 15...
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