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Monday, June 2, 2008Charter Schools Grow in St. LouisBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)The Show-Me Institute points us to an interesting article from the Saint Louis area: a single charter school operator now enrolls more students than many public school districts.
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Monday, June 2, 2008On (Healthy) WisconsinBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareChristian Schneider of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute offers this note about health care on the WPRI blog: Earlier in May, I took a trip to Seattle for a more »» |
Monday, June 2, 2008School Choice Improves Graduation RatesBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)University of Minnesota professor John Robert Warren tracked the academic success of students in Milwaukee. What did he find? Between 2003 and 2007, graduation rates of students in the Milwaukee Public Schools would have been 20 percent higher had they matched the graduation rates of students who took ... more »»
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Monday, June 2, 2008Cross-State SavingsBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Health CareOne way of making insurance more affordable is for states to let people buy policies across state lines. Greg Blankenship, of the Illinois Policy Institute, talks about what that would mean for residents of more »»
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Monday, June 2, 2008More Money, But Fewer Questions, PleaseBy John LaPlanteFiled As: Education (k-12)The Evergreen Freedom Foundation notes a distressing habit among public school officials: A call for taxpayers to be more generous with their money while themselves being stingy with information. The devil's in the details: ... more »»
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Monday, June 2, 2008Drink! The Public Good Depends on ItBy John LaPlanteFiled As: General, PrivatizationIt should be way too early in the morning to even talk about having a drink, but the Commonwealth Foundation says that at least one legislator in Pennsylvania wants state government to divest itself of liquor ... more »»
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