New National Debt Analysis Offers Fresh Lens for Missouri’s Fiscal Picture
Earlier this year, I wrote about the annual rating by Truth in Accounting (TIA), which found that Missouri earned a...
Voluntary Open Enrollment Means No Open Enrollment
They say the best defense is offense. Perhaps the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has gotten that...
Public Schools without Boundaries with Jude Schwalbach
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Jude Schwalbach, policy analyst at the Reason Foundation, about his report Public Schools Without Boundaries: 2024....
Tough Choices in Education with Jude Schwalbach
In this episode, Susan Pendergrass speaks with Jude Schwalbach, a Senior Policy Analyst at the Reason Foundation, about his recent...
Federal Broadband Funds Are Just Being Wasted
The ability of the government to waste enormous amounts of money while accomplishing very little never ceases to amaze. I...
Watch: K-12 School Choice Calculator Webinar with EdChoice and Reason Foundation
On May 8, 2024, Show-Me Institute hosted a virtual event where EdChoice’s Marty Lueken and Reason Foundation’s Christian Barnard discussed...
Missouri Public Education in Four Graphs
I had a professor in college who was very good at getting his points across by waving his hands in...
Public Education at a Crossroads with Aaron Smith
In this episode, Susan Pendergrass speaks with Reason Foundation’s Aaron Smith about his recent report titled Public education at a...
0 out of 5—What a Score
The Reason Foundation just released a new report on how (or if) states are letting families choose their public school—a...
September 6 Event – Corey DeAngelis: The Case for School Choice
RECEPTION: 5:00 P.M. PRESENTATION : 6:00 P.M. Join the Show-Me Institute in St. Louis, Missouri at our annual Next Gen...
Funding Open Enrollment in Missouri with Aaron Smith
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Aaron Smith about how other states fund open enrollment programs in their public school systems and...
Public Schools Without Boundaries With Jude Schwalbach
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Jude Schwalbach about his new report PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: A 50 STATE RANKING OF K-12...
Should Drivers Fear Privately Operated Toll Roads?
Are privately operated toll roads bad for drivers? Not according to a new study from the Reason Foundation. The study...
The Latest Episode of the Show-Me Institute Podcast
https://soundcloud.com/show-me-institute/smi-podcast-its-right-because-its-right-corey-deangelis We celebrated National School Choice Week on the SMI podcast with Corey DeAngelis. In this episode, Corey and Dr....
Are Mileage-Based User Fees Good For Missourians?
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) just released a paper about “road user charges,” which would change the way...
Amendment 7: The Policy Breakdown
As the vote on Missouri Amendment 7 approaches, proponents have gone to the newspapers, airwaves, and television screens to argue...
Missouri Roads: Better Than You’ve Heard
On 5 Aug, 2014, Missouri voters will decide whether to raise the state-wide sales tax 0.75% to fund road and...
Proposed Amendment 7 Is Bad Policy
As first appearing in the St. Louis Business Journal: The St. Louis Business Journal recently published an editorial critiquing my...
Are Missouri’s Highways And Bridges Crumbling?
Supporters of Amendment 7, the proposed 0.75-cent transportation sales tax, have increasingly begun to argue that Missouri’s roads and bridges...
Privatization of Parking Meter Collecting was Worthwhile Change for Saint Louis
Saint Louis Alderman Fred Wessels has filed a lawsuit regarding Saint Louis City Treasurer Larry Williams’ privatization of the city’s...
