Welcome Eric Dixon
I’m pleased to announce that the Show-Me Institute has a new editor. Eric Dixon joins us from Idaho, where he...
The Credit Hours of Local Comparative Politics, Just for You …
O’Fallon, Mo., is considering expanding its city council in response to rapid population growth. If the 75,000 estimated population is...
Choice for Riverview Gardens Students
Students in the Riverview Gardens district may be able to transfer to other districts next fall: 192 teachers have received...
A Good Idea for KC
Kansas City-area officials are considering building a new jail to serve to prison needs of the area, not just one...
How to Spur Budding Industries
I have to disagree a bit with Steve’s assertion that doling out state money will “drive Missouri’s budding biotech industry.”...
NYT on Saint Louis
The New York Times publishes a not-entirely fair article about what a bad place St. Louis has become to live...
Vouchers for SLPS
There’s an interesting op-ed regarding vouchers over at the Columbia Daily Tribune this morning. The author argues that one possible...
Assessor’s Office Is Very, Very Busy
Word on the street is that St. Louis County Government is currently getting deluged by phone calls regarding the on-average...
SLPS in The Economist
The SLPS have again broken through to the international media. The Economist has featured an article about the ongoing troubles...
Legislation We Don’t Need
Here’s an idea for a really bad law: JEFFERSON CITY — First, the state said you must make a special...
RCGA Touts Cards in Study; Sun Rises in East
Just in time for opening day, the Saint Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association released a study that concluded that...
Rethinking Public Education, One Measure at a Time
Public education, particularly in Saint Louis, is in a state of distress. Ineffectual leadership, failed reform initiatives, and declining student...
Bernstetter on Education Reform
We’ve got a new article up by Steve Bernstetter about a promising bill by two Saint Louis-area Democrats to implement...
Riding the bus to the county, and a stronger MO
Amidst the state takeover of the St. Louis Public Schools, education reformers are tossing around a number of ideas for...
Why School Reform Can’t Wait
A Post-Dispatch editorial describes the tragedy of public education in St. Louis: Public education can be an avenue to unlimited...
Mayoral Control Could Help City Schools
The state school board in Jefferson City was a scene of pandemonium on Thursday, as angry Saint Louis residents protested...
Mayoral Control Means Local Control
My latest article points out that mayoral control of the Saint Louis school districts could be a good way to...
Because the Police Aren’t Busy
MODOT engineer Judy Wagner thinks that police have nothing better to do than harass motorists about wearing their seat belts....
More of the Same in Saint Louis Schools
Outstate Missourians are annoyed that so many of Missouri’s tax dollars have gone towards education in St. Louis, with poor...
Charter schools and state takeovers; a tale of two cities
Yesterday the state Board of Education voted to take control of the St. Louis Public Schools district. In the process,...
