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...
From Milton Friedman to Modern School Choice with Robert Enlow
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Robert C. Enlow, president and CEO of EdChoice, about the expansion of school choice and the...
Choice and Competition Lead to Better Outcomes
The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) recently released a report confirming what free-market advocates like Milton Friedman and many of us...
The Father of the School Choice Movement with James V. Shuls
In this episode, Susan Pendergrass speaks with James V. Shuls, Director of Research and Senior Fellow at the Show-Me Institute,...
Add the Buckeyes and the Hoosiers to the List
Don’t think for a moment that Midwesterners don’t need or want to choose their children’s school. As I’ve previously discussed...
Milton Friedman’s Theory Casts Doubt on Responsible Stimulus Spending
Governments across the country have been given the responsibility of spending trillions of federal stimulus dollars. In his book “Free...
Flood of Federal Money Is Not a Free Pass for a Spending Binge
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. Jefferson City is awash in taxpayer cash. Missouri’s state...
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...
Movie Review: The Pursuit
If you’ve never watched Milton Friedman’s 1979 appearance on the Phil Donahue show, go watch it now. It is required...
New York Shouldn’t Have Offered Amazon $3 Billion. No One Should Have.
This week Amazon announced that it was scrapping its plan to establish a “second headquarters” in New York. The company’s...
Research on School Choice Nets Prize for Economist
Somewhere, Milton Friedman is smiling. Last month the American Economic Association announced that Parag Pathak, an economist from MIT, is...
Car Wars II: Revenge of the Cronies
Back in 2014 I wrote on this blog and at Forbes about a legislative attempt to force companies like Tesla...
This Sandwich Costs $1,500 and Takes 6 Months to Make
No, I didn’t relinquish my title as Director of Education Policy at SMI to become the Institute’s new food critic,...
A Well Intentioned Disaster: A Presentation on the Merits of Common Core State Standards
The following is taken from a presentation given by Show-Me Institute Distinguished Fellow of Education Policy James Shuls on February...
Universal Pre-K May Destroy the Preschool Marketplace
In the 1950s, economist Milton Friedman proposed the use of educational vouchers in public education. Under a voucher program, parents...
The Ferguson Commission: A Bridge to Nowhere
As first appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The Roman philosopher Cicero once said, “Advice is judged by results, not...
The Liberal Solution To Ferguson, Mo? More Liberalism
As first appearing in the American Spectator: Speaking of the restoration of the centuries-old Bourbon monarchy — following the massively...
Friedman Legacy Day with Hon. Jabar Shumate
This year’s Friedman Legacy Day event in Saint Louis focused on the importance of school choice with guest speaker Hon....
Friedman’s Legacy
For years now, many Americans have acknowledged the shortcomings of the nation’s public school system. While the 1983 “A Nation...
If You Haven’t Registered For Our July 31 Friedman Legacy Day Events, What Are You Waiting For?
For a number of years now, we have partnered with the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice to celebrate the...
