Myths of Education Reform
Show-Me Institute's new Director of Education Policy, Michael McShane, digs into the myths and facts about education reform in Missouri....
Convention Mania Spreads
In Heywood Sanders’ book Convention Follies, he writes about the failure of convention centers and hotels to lead to economic...
School Choice in Missouri: The Power Rankings
Football season is upon us, and while I’m cautiously optimistic about the Chiefs this year, I’m really looking forward to...
Missouri Mayors and the Minimum Wage
Kansas City Mayor Sly James and St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay recently called for a statewide minimum wage increase in...
Bad for Borrowing: Saint Louis Bond Ratings Slip
Recently, Moody’s, a prominent credit rating group, downgraded Saint Louis’s debt rating. While the changes are nothing drastic (and the...
Show-Me Now! An Opportunity for Reform in KC
Kansas City will hire a new superintendent this year. How will that change education in the city. Show-Me Institute Director...
More Analysis on Minimum Wage Claims
On Thursday the City Council of Kansas City will consider placing on the ballot an initiative petition calling for an...
The Video Kansas City Doesn’t Want You to See
On July 22, Professor Heywood Sanders spoke at the Kansas City library about the research in his book, Convention Center...
New Superintendent Gives Kansas City Opportunity to Rethink School Organization
For the 5th time in 16 years, the Kansas City Public Schools are in the market for a new superintendent. ...
Professional Development: Neither Professional nor Development. Discuss!
If you ask a group of teachers what their two favorite words are, you’ll probably get a range of answers. ...
New Report Gives High Marks to Missouri’s Urban Highways
Recently, TRIP, a national transportation research group, released a report on the state of urban roadways in cities across the...
How a Cheap Airport Helps Kansas City
The Kansas City Business Journal just published some good news for Kansas City: On Tuesday, Allegiant Air announced it will start...
If charter schools are ruining education in Missouri, more please!
The Kansas City and St. Louis school districts saw two of the largest gains in the country in their graduation...
Missouri’s Rural School Students Need Choice, Too!
Recently, the Foundation for Excellence in Education released a paper about how states across the country are implementing course access programs....
Kansas City’s Property Tax Abatement Problem
Just the other day, an unsigned Kansas City Star editorial considered the near future for the new Kansas City Council: Supporters of universal...
It’s Good to Be Home
Hi friends. My name is Mike McShane, and this week I’m starting as Director of Education Policy for the Show-Me...
Show-Me Institute Presents: Breaking Down Revenue
City residents care about how much they pay for government services. For those in Saint Louis and Kansas City who...
New Airport Terminal Coming to Kansas City, Maybe?
For the last couple years, Kansas City’s Aviation Department and some city leaders have been pushing for a new terminal...
Kansas City’s Debt
KCUR does a nice job of rounding up a few projects such as the Sprint Center and Kemper Arena that...
Land Taxes and Columbia
This past Saturday, the Boone County Chapter 100 Review Panel approved a property tax abatement for Kraft Heinz so that...
