Please Read the Transcript of this Article Back to Me…
There is a very interesting article in the Kansas City Star today about a provision in a bill passed by...
Virtual School Off to a Slow Start
Missouri’s new virtual school hasn’t taken off as quickly as expected: Director Curt Fuchs had expected more than 5,000 full-...
Missouri Leads the Way to Free-Market Health Care Reform
Missouri residents may soon have the chance to take control of their health insurance. Although the standard employer-based model...
Realism is a Good Thing…
My love of trains has been discussed before. However, in a recently released study recommending against adding an Amtrak line...
Bad Use of Incentives
An editorial in the Joplin Globe titled "Good Use of Incentives" praises the proposed Missouri Quality Jobs Act: Without the...
Broad Coalition Behind the Midwives
There’s a great column in the Post-Dispatch today about the midwife legislation: Every mother has a particular way in which...
School Choice Would Provide Incentives
An editorial in today’s Post-Dispatch says: Almost half of the 23 school districts in St. Louis County have slammed their...
Students Would Benefit From Diverse Virtual Schools
What kind of student enrolls in a course online? It could be someone who needs to do remedial work, or...
New Bridge Might Not Ease Rush Hour Congestion
Have you ever tried to get through downtown Saint Louis during rush hour? How about before or after a Cards...
All Eminent Domain at the Post Today…
Today’s Post-Dispatch gives extensive coverage to various eminent domain issues in St. Charles, Jefferson and St. Louis Counties. The St....
A Fair Compromise on Transit
Metro needs a lot of things, and one thing it is getting is a tax cut. Legislation has been sent...
Ticket Scalping Legalization: Boom, Bust, Dud or Thud?
It appears that the citizens of Missouri are about to recapture the right to sell their own investments for whatever...
Real Estate Law Protects Realtors From Competition
The FTC has just released a report that discusses how realtors’ associations have lobbied for regulations to keep out competition....
Saint Louis Public Schools Get More and More Desperate
The Saint Louis Board of Education is fighting the state takeover tooth and nail: The St. Louis Board of Education...
Critics Misrepresent Poll Methodology
On Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an article that called into question the methodology of the poll we commissioned...
Saint Louis Kids Deserve Choices
Parents and students in Missouri have essentially three choices: public education in their local district, attending a private school,...
Slowly creeping forward…
After years of status quo, "throw money at it" solutions to difficulties in public education, Missouri is finally moving forward...
Politicians are the Real Gougers
Although Claire McCaskill has been a stellar example of fiscal responsibility so far in her battle against the congressional earmark...
Missouri Bloggers on Show-Me Institute School Choice Survey Results
The study released Monday by SMI has been widely circulated in Missouri’s blog world. The state’s patron saint of blogging,...
School Choice Around the World
The Economist has an article about the benefits about parental choice in education: Voucher schemes are running in several different...
