Charter Schools Are Not the Enemy
As first appearing in Education News: We all love to have enemies; not real enemies, just the kind that make...
Constitutional Law Expert Joshua Hawley Weighs in on Obamacare at Policy Forum
Joshua Hawley, a professor of law at the University of Missouri, was gracious enough to join the Show-Me Institute in Columbia...
The Teachers’ Union Cycle
Last week, Time Magazine released an article titled “Teachers Unions Are Putting Themselves On November’s Ballot,” which reported that the...
The Future of Transit
My colleague Joe Miller just wrote a piece asking if Kansas City really needs rail transit at all, as many...
Collective Bargaining In Columbia, Mo.
In 2007, the Missouri Supreme Court decided that teachers have the right to organize and bargain collectively. Since then, approximately...
In Education, Money Itself Is Not The Answer
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s State of the State address correctly identified education as a key policy area this year. This...
Missouri School Leaders Wrong On School Choice
In a carefully coordinated effort, Missouri school leaders have hatched a new plan to rehash old ideas. First, the Cooperating...
Governor Nixon And Higher Education
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon recently stated that “education is the best economic development tool available.” He is correct: an educated...
Banner Year For Charter Schools
I’m not sure I would call myself a prophet. I’m sure many of my predictions don’t come true. For instance,...
New Study: Missouri Charter Schools Outperform Districts
This week, the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University released an impressive study about the impact of...
Some School Districts Rarely Terminate Teachers
Missourinet reports today that legislative attempts to reform Missouri teacher tenure laws are being stopped in the Senate. Missouri Sen....
Missouri: Where the Women Are Strong, the Men Are Good Looking, And Every Teacher is Above Average?
Last week, Ben Barnes, a Show-Me Institute intern, wrote about the teacher tenure reform bill that Missouri legislators are considering....
It Is Time To Reform Teacher Tenure In Missouri
It is no secret that Missouri Rep. Scott Dieckhaus (R-Washington, Mo.) is not a fan of Missouri’s teacher tenure law. Last...
Real School Choice Options Would Help to Narrow Educational Achievement Gap
This week, organizations across the country are holding events to celebrate National School Choice Week, so it’s worth taking a...
Charter School Benefits and Research: An Interview With Dr. Caroline Hoxby
During Dr. Caroline Hoxby's recent trip to Saint Louis to speak about charter school research, she spent a few minutes...
The Promise and Performance of Charter Schools: Drivers of Educational Improvement in the U.S.?
Caroline Hoxby, Ph.D., the Scott and Donya Bommer Professor of Economics at Stanford University, spoke about "The Promise and Performance...
Explaining Teach for America Graduates’ Lack of Activism
A study has found Teach for America graduates to be less politically active than people who were accepted into the...
In Which the Author’s Secret Agenda Is Made Plain
As our regular readers will remember, on Nov. 18, the Show-Me Institute published a study that discusses recent research on...
Charter Schools Still a Good Choice for Missouri
For more than 20 years, charter schools have been providing parents across the nation with an alternative to the...
Do Teacher Unions Matter?
A 2009 study in the October issue of the Journal of Labor Economics finds that teacher unions have no effect...
