Show-Me Now! School Choice = More Control
Are school boards actually effective at improving standards for students? Dr. James Shuls explains why a school choice system may...
Show-Me Now! How Can We Fix Teacher Pensions?
Is Missouri’s teacher pension system unfair? That’s the question Show-Me Institute’s Distinguished Fellow of Education Policy, James Shuls, asks in...
Policy Study: Missouri’s Funding Formula for K-12 Public Education
The foundation formula put into place during the 2006-2007 school year is the basis for public school funding in Missouri....
2016 Friedman Day Policy Panel
James Shuls, Ph.D., moderated this panel discussion about school choice in Missouri. The panel included Melissa Brickey, Executive Director of...
North Kansas City Proposes A “No Tax Increase” Bond Issue
The North Kansas City School District is asking voters to approve the issuance of a $114 million bond for the...
House Wisely Overrides Veto on Funding Formula Cap
Yesterday, the Missouri house voted 113-43 to override Gov. Nixon’s veto of SB 586, which reinstates a 5% cap on...
If “No Tax Increase Bonds” Sound Too Good To Be True, They Probably Are
Officials in the Washington and Hickman Mills school districts have proposed a seemingly lucrative deal to voters—a “no tax increase”...
Show-Me Now! More School Choice, More Graduates
We all want fewer high school dropouts. James Shuls, Ph.D., notes that research has confirmed that school choice reduces the...
Show-Me Now! National School Choice Week
This week is National School Choice Week. The Show-Me Institute participated in events in Kansas City and Saint Louis. James...
Show-Me Now! Let Transfer Students Return
More and more school districts around St. Louis refuse to let transfer students from Normandy come back this year even...
Allowing Normandy Students To Return Makes Sense To The Head And The Heart
A Joint Statement From Adolphus M. Pruitt and James V. Shuls In the fall of 2013, students from the unaccredited...
Show-Me Now! What Is A No Tax Increase Bond?
Voters across Missouri will go to the polls on April 8th to vote in local elections. Many will have the...
James Shuls on Common Core State Standards
James Shuls, Ph.D., explains that educational excellence follows from schools empowered to innovate and parents empowered to choose.
Current Teacher Pension Systems Impose A “Tariff” On Labor
As first appearing in TeacherPensions.org on 25 Feb, 2014, and Education Next on 26 Feb, 2014: In Missouri, students in...
Education’s Magic Wand
Nobody likes to fail, and when it comes to failures in our education system, the education bureaucracy thinks that no...
Policy Breakfast: How Expanding School Choice Could Save Millions
Show-Me Institute Director of Education Policy James V. Shuls, Ph.D., introduces his latest paper, “Available Seats? Survey Analysis of Missouri...
Show-Me Institute Supports Strong Pensions For All Teachers
The Springfield News-Leader ran an incorrect version of this op-ed on December 13, 2013. Here is James Shuls’ original version:...
School Choice In Missouri
Duane Lester of the Missouri Torch interviews James Shuls, Ph.D., the Show-Me Institute’s Education Policy Analyst. They discuss school choice...
Morningline, Tuesdays on KWTO
James Shuls, Ph.D., Policy Analyst with the Show-Me Institute, talks with Tim Keithley of News Talk 560AM in Springfield, MO. Shuls...
Panel Discussion of the School Transfer Law
The school transfer law has created controversy in Saint Louis. The question is, where do we go from here? Show-Me...
