Show-Me Institute Podcast

Corianna Baier is an Analyst at the Show-Me Institute. Corianna grew up in Michigan, where she earned her B.S. in Economics from Hillsdale College. She then earned her M.A. in Economics from Troy University. Learn more about the Show-Me Institute:https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

On April 3, 2020 the Show-Me Institute hosted a Telephone Town Hall on Economic Recovery After a Pandemic with guest speakers Andy Puzder and Senator Jim Talent. Speaker: Andy Puzder is the author of The Capitalist Comeback, a Senior Fellow at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and for more than 16 years he was the CEO of CKE Restaurants, the owner of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardees quic...

Michael Q. McShane is Director of National Research at EdChoice and a Senior Fellow of Education Policy at the Show-Me Institute. His analyses and commentary have been published widely in the media, including in the Huffington Post, National Affairs, USA Today, and The Washington Post. He has also been featured in education-specific outlets such as Teachers College Commentary, Education Week, Phi...

Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ On March 27, 2020 the SHow-Me Institute hosted a telephone town hall on the coronavirus pandemic with guest speakers Colonel Randall Larsen and Senator Jim Talent. Speakers: Colonel Randall Larsen, USAF (ret) serves as the National Security Advisor at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, a position he has held since 2005...

Kevin Erdmann is a Visiting Fellow at the Mercatus Center. Erdmann is currently engaged in two book projects with Mercatus on housing finance, land-use restrictions, and monetary policy. His first book, Shut Out (Rowman & Littlefiled, 2019) offers a contrarian theory on the causes of the housing boom and bust. Find Shut Out here: https://amzn.to/2PCJ6bd The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by...

Neal McCluskey is the director of Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom. He is the author of the book Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education and is co‐​editor of Educational Freedom: Remembering Andrew Coulson, Debating His Ideas and Unprofitable Schooling: Examining Causes of, and Fixes for, America’s Broken Ivory Tower. He also maintains...

Corey A. DeAngelis is the director of school choice at Reason Foundation and an adjunct scholar at Cato Institute. Follow Corey on twitter @DeAngelisCorey Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

David Stokes is the Executive Director of the Great Rivers Habitat Alliance (GRHA):http://grha.org/ Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Missouri recently received its latest grades on “The Nation’s Report Card,” (an assessment given to 4th- and 8th-graders in each state every two years by the U.S. Department of Education), and the news isn’t good. Read more from Dr. Susan Pendergrass: https://bit.ly/2PxRbgD James V. Shuls is an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis...

Learn more about Virginia's new book School Choice: A Legacy to Keep: https://www.amazon.com/School-Choice-Virginia-Walden-Ford/dp/0825309395/ Watch the trailer for MISS VIRGINIA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mELLiJrYB5U Virginia Walden Ford is one of America’s leading advocates for parent empowerment. As a student, a mother, an advocate, and a grandmother, Virginia has spent her life fighting...

More information on Andrew's upcoming book - The School Choice Roadmap: 7 Steps to Finding the Right School for Your Child - https://amzn.to/2qCJnla Andrew Campanella has served as president of National School Choice Week since 2012. Andrew is also the author of the forthcoming book The School Choice Roadmap: 7 Steps to Finding the Right School for Your Child, which offers practical advice to pare...

Crosby Kemper III is executive director of the Kansas City Public Library; the Chair of the Schools, Health, Libraries, and Broadband (SHLB) coalition; and former CEO of UMB Financial Corporation. He co-founded and is chairman of the Show-Me Institute. Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Segment from Pete Mundo Mornings on KCMO-AM, Kansas City, MO Listen live here: www.kcmotalkradio.com/ Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: showmeinstitute.org/

Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ Learn more about R Street Institute: https://www.rstreet.org/ Shoshana Weissmann manages the Institute’s social media and email marketing, in addition to contributing graphics and video skills. She also works on occupational licensing reform and other issues, and has written for various publications, including The Wall Street Jou...

Segment from The Marc Cox Morning Show-KFTK, St. Louis, MO Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/31PCRFM Patrick Tuohey is the Director of Municipal Policy at the Show-Me Institute: https://bit.ly/2m5L8ER The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a great piece by Jacob Barker on an effort by the city of Wentzville to partner with a private developer to finance and build a rec center it has long wanted....

Segment from The Gary Nolan Show on 93.9 The Eagle, Columbia, MO Listen to the full show here:https://939theeagle.com/the-gary-nolan-show/ Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/

Read Dr. Biggs' article in The Hill:https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/448431-401ks-can-fill-the-pension-gap Andrew G. Biggs is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he studies Social Security reform, state and local government pensions, and public sector pay and benefits. Before joining AEI, Biggs was the principal deputy commissioner of the Social Security Adminis...

Read the full report on Missouri school performance data here: https://showmeinstitute.org/publication/accountability/report-missouris-report-card-and-essa-requirements The 2015 federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) includes a requirement intended to keep parents informed about the quality of the schools their children attend: States must produce “report cards” on their performance at the stat...

Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Segment from Pete Mundo Mornings on KCMO-AM, Kansas City listen live here: www.kcmotalkradio.com/ Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: showmeinstitute.org/

On August 28, 2019, the Show-Me Institute filed suit against Missouri’s Office of Administration for violating the state’s Sunshine Law. Government entities may think they can get away with these excuses because too few citizens are able to invest the time money and emotional energy required to pursue a legal fight to keep these government entities transparent and accountable. We have determined t...

Dr. Evers Op-ed: https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-wants-to-teach-your-kids-that-capitalism-is-racist-11564441342 Williamson M. Evers, is currently a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. He specializes in research on education policy especially as it pertains to curriculum, teaching, testing, accountability, and school finance. Evers was head of the “agency action team” for the U.S. De...

Dr. Susan Pendergrass and Ray Hartmann discuss the big business of subsidies for sports teams in St. Louis. Ray's column: https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/as-the-blues-score-another-fat-public-subsidy-the-scorecard-is-clear-taxpayers-lose/Content?oid=31941081 Ray Hartmann is an independent journalist and entrepreneur. He has appeared weekly as a panelist on the Nine Network of Public Media’...

Segment from Pete Mundo Mornings on KCMO-AM, Kansas City listen live here: www.kcmotalkradio.com/ Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: showmeinstitute.org/