Missouri is Spending Less on Instruction
When considering the costs of running a school, we may think of items like teacher salaries, classroom technology, textbooks, and...
SLPS and MoSchoolRankings
With ongoing reports about St. Louis Public Schools’s (SLPS) finances, I was interested to learn that SLPS had created nine...
One Way Missouri Could Keep Its Energy Grid Reliable
In my previous post, I discussed how the shuttering of coal energy in Missouri could create problems with energy prices...
Ameren to Shut Down Rush Island
The coal-powered Rush Island Energy Center in Jefferson County will be shut down on October 15. The 1,178-megawatt energy center...
Court Fee Increase Would Negatively Impact St. Louis County
A version of the following commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Among the many things that Missourians will vote on...
Should Missouri Consider a 3rd-Grade Retention Policy?
Do you think students should get promoted to the next grade if they do not understand grade-level material? There are...
Missouri Ballot Issues and the Return of Three Mile Island
David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss: Missouri’s Amendment 6, the Kirkwood sales tax vote,...
Federalism and The Founders’ Vision with Charles C. W. Cooke
See Charles C.W. Cooke live on October 9 in St. Charles, MO Tickets and Details Here Susan Pendergrass speaks with...
It Has Been a Great Week for Economic Development Agencies in Missouri
This has been a fun week for those of us who feel that economic development agencies in Missouri are the...
The Four-Day School Week Continues to Grow in Missouri
The four-day school week (4dsw) continues to expand rapidly in Missouri. The 4dsw grew from 34 districts in 2018–2019, or...
Columbia Should Privatize Its Water and Electric Utilities
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Missourian. Columbia is currently considering raising its municipal water rates. The proposed...
Outsourcing Is Good
In government outsourcing, governments contract with private-sector firms to have them perform certain services. Outsourcing is not as big of...
Rising Concerns about St. Louis’s Teacher Pension Fund
KSDK recently ran a report on a topic familiar to Show-Me Institute readers: teacher pensions. The report, titled “Growing pension...
A Report Card on DESE’s Report Card
A new report from the Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has evaluated each state’s report card system for public...
Missouri Ranked as Second Most Dangerous State to Drive in
When I first moved to the City of St. Louis, I became instantly aware of the danger of driving in...
More Districts to Try New Standardized Testing System
This school year, six St. Louis-area school districts will begin using a new adaptive testing system to assess student performance...
Bullying and Public School Funding
I recently came upon a news story that claimed, “Education researchers say Missouri could do more to prevent bullying.” The...
The Pitch’s Half-hearted Crime Research
In a recent interview with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, The Pitch magazine tried its best to support the contention...
Is There a Comeback Story in Missouri Schools?
The 2024 Summer Olympics have come to a close, and there were so many amazing storylines such as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone...
Missouri Needs More Market Forces in Education
In a recent Show-Me Institute paper, Why Markets Matter in Education, Dr. Michael McShane effectively summarizes the importance of free...
