Learning from New Orleans
Yesterday I highlighted a recent report that showed just how big a part of Kansas City’s education system charter schools...
Minimum Wage Harms the Workers It’s Meant to Help
If you grab lunch at Sister Cities in the Dutchtown neighborhood of St. Louis, you’re likely to be greeted by...
New Superintendent Gives Kansas City Opportunity to Rethink School Organization
For the 5th time in 16 years, the Kansas City Public Schools are in the market for a new superintendent. ...
Missouri’s Rural School Students Need Choice, Too!
Recently, the Foundation for Excellence in Education released a paper about how states across the country are implementing course access programs....
A Look Past Gone Girl Excitement Reveals a Raw Deal for Missourians
As first appearing in the Southeast Missourian: Last fall, when Gone Girl began production, Cape Girardeau descended into a starstruck...
Missouri Charter School Law: A Soup Sandwich for Military Families?
The Show-Me State forbids charter schools from opening in non-urban, accredited school districts, unless they are sponsored by the district...
Educational Innovation from the Top Down
Is placing centralized power in the hands of government bureaucrats always a bad thing, or is it possible that centralized...
Show-Me Now! Educational Innovation From The Top Down
In the wake of Katrina, the Recovery School District (RSD) has rebuilt public education in New Orleans, Louisiana. RSD has...
Louisiana Voucher Program Improves Desegregation Efforts
On the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it...
Part 2: Highlighting Options Through School Accreditation
While Missouri Senate Bill 125 could lead to better options for students in unaccredited school districts, the bill focuses too...
All Systems Go!
A while back, I met with a superintendent of a large school district in Missouri. He told me about the...
The Better Angels Of Our Tax Code
As a free-market proponent, I often talk of the wonders of entrepreneurship. Yet, when Missouri tries to encourage entrepreneurship, it...
Not Nebraska, Too
When thinking of Nebraska, what immediately comes to mind? Some people would say football and some would say corn(husking). Cardinals...
Lowering the Boom: Louisiana Looks to End Its Corporate and Personal Income Taxes
Big news breaking in the Big Easy. Last night, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced that he will pursue tax reform...
Let Parents Choose Their ‘Education Professional’
Avid education blogger and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch yesterday posted a letter from a teacher titled...
Attorney General Chris Koster Should Join the Multistate Health Care Lawsuit in Florida
When they passed Proposition C last August, Missourians demonstrated their overwhelming opposition to the federal health care reform law. They...
Striking Correlations Between Income Taxes and Congressional Reapportionment
Only seven states levy absolutely no income tax. According to the U.S. Census data released today, only eight states will...
State Film Tax Credit Program Reading List
In Mound City Money, David Nicklaus highlights a recent study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities that demonstrates...
Missouri’s Licensing Boards: Killing Jobs Every Day
Decades ago, only doctors, lawyers, and accountants were required to get a license from the state before they could lawfully...
The U.S. Department of Great Rivers and Rat Sperm
U.S. Sens. Tom Coburn and John McCain just released “Summertime Blues,” a report chronicling 100 wasteful uses of stimulus dollars....
