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What the Media Gets Wrong About School Choice with Matthew Ladner

What the Media Gets Wrong About School Choice with Matthew Ladner

Aug 22, 2025

Susan Pendergrass talks with Matthew Ladner, senior advisor for education policy implementation at the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy,...

St. Louis Public Schools Exemplifies the Need for Educational Transparency

St. Louis Public Schools Exemplifies the Need for Educational Transparency

Aug 16, 2024

St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) has been in the news a lot recently, and not for the best reasons. The...

China, Russia, and the Changing Global Landscape with Senator Jim Talent and James Jay Carafano

China, Russia, and the Changing Global Landscape with Senator Jim Talent and James Jay Carafano

Mar 22, 2023

On March 21, 2023, the Show-Me Institute hosted a virtual event with Senator Jim Talent and Heritage Foundation’s James Jay...

Missouri’s State of the Bloating State

Missouri’s State of the Bloating State

Jan 19, 2023

Earlier this month, I expressed my general optimism that Missouri’s 2023 legislative session would be a good one, focused on...

Public Schools Without Boundaries With Jude Schwalbach

Public Schools Without Boundaries With Jude Schwalbach

Dec 14, 2022

Susan Pendergrass speaks with Jude Schwalbach about his new report PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: A 50 STATE RANKING OF K-12...

This Is What Number Four Looks Like?

This Is What Number Four Looks Like?

Sep 15, 2022

By now, we have all seen that wonderful photo of the young child sitting in the backseat of her parents’...

Russia, Ukraine, and the Impact on The United States with Senator Jim Talent and James Jay Carafano

Russia, Ukraine, and the Impact on The United States with Senator Jim Talent and James Jay Carafano

Mar 17, 2022

On March 17, 2022 Senator Jim Talent and Heritage Foundation’s James Jay Carafano joined us for a virtual event to...

March 17: Russia, Ukraine, and the Impact on the United States Virtual Event

March 17: Russia, Ukraine, and the Impact on the United States Virtual Event

Mar 2, 2022

Join us on March 17 for a virtual event with Senator Jim Talent and Heritage Foundation’s James Jay Carafano as...

Virtual Town Hall – The National Debt Crisis with Brian Riedl

Virtual Town Hall – The National Debt Crisis with Brian Riedl

Sep 11, 2020

On September 10, 2020, the Show-Me Institute hosted a virtual town hall featuring Manhattan Institute’s Brian Riedl. Brian discussed the...

Agreeing and Disagreeing on Health Care Reform

Agreeing and Disagreeing on Health Care Reform

Aug 14, 2020

This week, my colleague Susan Pendergrass and I had the opportunity to sit down for a podcast with Stuart Butler,...

Is This the New Normal?

Is This the New Normal?

Mar 18, 2020

Oh, for the halcyon days when parents had to sue to get their children access to virtual education in Missouri....

Opportunity Zones?

Opportunity Zones?

Jul 30, 2019

A recent Business Journal story examined Opportunity Zones, a new program created in the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act....

Heritage Study: $15 Minimum Wage Would Wipe Out Equivalent of 218,000 Missouri Jobs

Heritage Study: $15 Minimum Wage Would Wipe Out Equivalent of 218,000 Missouri Jobs

Aug 31, 2016

Show-Me Institute analysts have written for years about the economic research on—and the damaging effects of—mandating a higher minimum wage...

Why We Joined Rebecca Friedrichs’ Fight

Why We Joined Rebecca Friedrichs’ Fight

Sep 11, 2015

Historically, the Show-Me Institute has rarely joined lawsuits or amicus briefs in Supreme Court cases. But this week, along with...

More Analysis on Minimum Wage Claims

More Analysis on Minimum Wage Claims

Aug 19, 2015

On Thursday the City Council of Kansas City will consider placing on the ballot an initiative petition calling for an...

ESEA: What Should Reauthorization Look Like?

ESEA: What Should Reauthorization Look Like?

Dec 17, 2014

Although the Show-Me Institute typically focuses on state-level education policy issues, discussions regarding the controversial Elementary and Secondary Education Act...

Unfunded Pension Liabilities And Car Analogies

Unfunded Pension Liabilities And Car Analogies

Mar 20, 2013

At one point or another, we are all guilty of it . . . making bad analogies. This time, the...

Chart: This Is Not ‘Medicaid Reform’

Chart: This Is Not ‘Medicaid Reform’

Mar 18, 2013

Earlier this month, the Heritage Foundation built and published a chart that ran out the direct costs of a Medicaid expansion...

Nullification Is Unconstitutional

Nullification Is Unconstitutional

Jun 12, 2012

A few weeks ago, we had a lengthy conversation in Show-Me Daily’s comments about whether it would be constitutional for...

What Washington Won’t Tell You About the Next Economic Crisis

What Washington Won’t Tell You About the Next Economic Crisis

Jun 1, 2011

On May 3, the Show-Me Institute cosponsored a lecture by Brian Riedl, lead budget analyst for the Heritage Foundation. In...

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