Show-Me Institute Podcast

On July 9, 2020 Dr. Michael Q. McShane, Director of National Research at EdChoice and Senior Fellow of Education Policy at the Show-Me Institute hosted a panel discussion on how to safely reopen Missouri Schools. The panel included: Dr. Susan Pendergrass - Director of Research and Education Policy at the Show-Me Institute Senator Cindy O’Laughlin - Missouri’s 18th Senatorial District Representativ...

Ranken CEO, Stan Shoun brings a background of military service, a degree in aeronautical engineering and a long career in technical education to his position. Embarking on a second career in education after retiring from the US Navy in 1996, Shoun served as the Vice President of Workforce Development and Continuing Education at Central Virginia Community College (CVCC) in Lynchburg, Va., and also...

Brian Blase was Special Assistant to the President at WH National Economic Council '17-'19; CEO of Blase Policy Strategies. Elias Tsapelas is a Senior Analyst at the Show-Me Institute. Learn more about Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Howard Wall, Ph. D., directs the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise and is a Senior Research Fellow in the Center for Economics and the Environment. He is also a Professor of Economics in Plaster School of Business & Entrepreneurship at Lindenwood University. Prior to joining Lindenwood in 2011, Wall was a vice president and regional economics adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. I...

Nathan Willett is an algebra II teacher in the Kansas City Public School District and an intern at 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

As director of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, Lindsey Burke oversees the foundation’s research and policy on issues pertaining to preschool, K-12, and higher education reform. Burke’s commentary, research, and op-eds have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, and she is a frequent guest on radio and television shows and speaks on education reform issues across...

On May 21, Show-Me Institute co-hosted a virtual town hall featuring National Review Institute's Richard Brookhiser and Justin Dyer, Director of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri. In his latest book, NRI fellow Richard Brookhiser recounts the history of American liberty through the stories of thirteen essential documents....

Andy Smarick is the Director, Civil Society, Education and Work; Resident Senior Fellow at R Street where he researches and writes about civil-society issues, including localism, governing institutions, education and social entrepreneurship. Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

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...

On May 4, 2020, The Show-Me Institute hosted a virtual town hall on the topic of How to Reopen America with guest speaker Dr. Arthur B. Laffer and Senator Jim Talent Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/

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

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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...