Kansas City Homicide Rate May Be National Leader for 2025
A story in the November 20 issue of The Washington Post examines homicide rates in large cities across the United...
The Long Fight for Educational Freedom with Neal McCluskey and James Shuls
Learn more about the book here: www.cato.org/books/fighting-freedom-learn Susan Pendergrass speaks with James Shuls, fellow at the Show-Me Institute and head of...
What the Media Gets Wrong About School Choice with Matthew Ladner
Susan Pendergrass talks with Matthew Ladner, senior advisor for education policy implementation at the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy,...
Sun Fresh Failed Because of Subsidies, not Despite Them
On August 12, KCUR ran a story with the headline “A troubled Kansas City grocery store has closed, despite $18...
Sun Fresh’s Struggles Were Predictable—and Predicted
The Washington Post just published a story on the failure of the taxpayer-subsidized Sun Fresh grocery store on the corner...
How We’re Writing Off an Entire Generation with Michael Petrilli
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Michael J. Petrilli about his recent op-ed featured in The New York Times, titled ‘We Can...
How We Fund Schools with Chad Aldeman
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Chad Aldeman about school funding, teacher pay, pension systems and more. Chad Aldeman is the Policy...
Wednesday, May 12 – Ramesh Ponnuru: The Case for a Conservative Economic Agenda
Conservatives have traditionally favored freeing markets and shrinking government. But new political and economic trends are leading many conservatives to...
New Study of COVID-19 In Schools Shows Good News
If you’re a new parent and also a nerd, there is a good chance that you were gifted Expecting Better...
Virtual Town Hall – The National Debt Crisis with Brian Riedl
On September 10, 2020, the Show-Me Institute hosted a virtual town hall featuring Manhattan Institute’s Brian Riedl. Brian discussed the...
The Danger of an Equity Only Lens in Education
There is a danger in looking at life through only an equity lens. Kurt Vonnegut shows this exceptionally well in...
Pre-K in Kansas City Likely Won’t Deliver on Its Promises
In a recent post, I pointed out that the pre-K program being presented to Kansas City voters is significantly different...
Is There Really a Teacher Shortage?
A recent Washington Post article making the rounds on social media claims that there are widespread teacher shortages across the...
The Washington Post and St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A Study in Contrasts
Both the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Washington Post editorial boards published pieces this weekend concerning the findings of a new...
Come Together, Right Now, on Charter Schools
When the editorial boards of the Washington Post and the Gray Lady, as well as opinion pieces in National Review,...
Kansas City’s Debt
KCUR does a nice job of rounding up a few projects such as the Sprint Center and Kemper Arena that...
From Standardized Tests to Standardized Character
Grit, not to be confused with the popular Southern breakfast dish, is a personality trait. Described by Webster’s Dictionary as “mental...
Warrant Forgiveness: A Step in the Right Direction for Saint Louis County Cities
Recently, 65 municipalities in Saint Louis County announced a warrant forgiveness program for December. In the program, defendants with outstanding...
Saint Louis County Municipalities: Should More Consider Disincorporation?
In the months following the tragic events in Ferguson, there has been increasing scrutiny on the policing practices in small...
Saint Louis County: Does It Have Too Many Municipalities
Many municipalities in Saint Louis County, large and small, rely on fines that harm their populations to fund local government....
