Earmark Vote in Washington, D.C.
Right now on KMOX, Mark Reardon is commenting — to put it mildly — about the vote today in the...
It Is Time for Education Reform
The Columbia Daily Tribune reported early last month that Education Week‘s annual “Quality Counts” report on public education found that...
Last Call for Summer Fellows!
The deadline to apply to be a Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow — a program that includes two weeks of...
How to Improve Education While Spending Less Money
A new legislative session is under way in Jefferson City, and everyone is concerned about the budget. Legislators are...
Where the Hell Did All the Blog Posts Go?
In case you have been checking into the site and wondering why nothing new was going up on the blog,...
Slate Links to Show-Me Institute Study
Earlier today, Slate ran an article about the debates now raging over whether judicial merit selection, popularly known as “The...
Vice Presidents and Lieutenant Governors: Should They Be Abolished?
An op-ed in the LA Times (link via Freakonomics) advocates that we abolish the position of vice president. As I...
Challenging Business as Usual
Despite spending more per student than all but two states, maintaining a 14:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and offering among the higher...
Lobbying for More Government
There is a brief post in Prime Buzz today about the decision by the KC City Council to renew its...
Happy Tax Freedom Day!
April 23rd is this year’s “Tax Freedom Day” — the day you stop working for the government and start working...
Bad Ideas, and a Few Good Ones, in Springfield Budget Dispute
Today’s Springfield News-Leader has a detailed account of the budget troubles facing Missouri’s third-largest city. The primary cause of the...
Alternative Teacher Certification
Thanks, Combest, for linking to an article about this excellent legislation: Sen. Luann Ridgeway, R-Smithville, sponsored a bill to give...
Ready, Fire, Aim!
Hits and misses from around Missouri newspapers, blogs, and elsewhere today: Education Week has a story on how the increased...
New Study Analyzes Light-Rail Proposals for Kansas City
Today, the Show-Me Institute released a new policy study, "Review of Kansas City Transit Plans," by Randal O’Toole. The study...
Truthiness and School Choice
On Sunday, the Columbia Daily Tribune juxtaposed two columns on school choice: one by David Webber (which Sarah Brodsky already...
Learn From Others’ Experience With School Choice
On Nov. 6, voters in Utah decided to stay the course with the state’s underachieving educational status quo, voting down...
Judicial Elections and Parkland Sales
The Arch City Chronicle links to two stories, one from Detroit and one from DC, on issues of interest to...
CARR Training Returns Home to Missouri
Along with David Stokes, I had the pleasure of attending two all-day sessions training Missouri broadcasters how to use the...
I’m Running as Fast as I Can
The other day, I noticed an article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about rankings of the world’s 30 "fast cities"...
How About Just Scrapping No Child Left Behind!?
An article in the St. Joseph News Press (via Combest) discusses Rep. Sam Graves’ (R-MO) move to make No Child...
