10.01.2008 3:45 pm

Sinquefield praises Mayor Slay’s “commitment” to charter schools, gives $100K to his campaign

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Rex Sinquefield, the conservative activist who promotes school choice and seeks an end to Missouri’s income tax, has given $100,000 to St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay’s re-election campaign.

Technically, the money comes from the “Public Charter Schools of MO - East,”…

Tags: campaign, Charter schools, donation, Mayor Francis Slay, politics, re-election, Rex Sinquefield, tuition tax credits, vouchers

09.30.2008 5:25 pm

Private schools better than Public?

By David Hunn

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A few weeks ago, Andrew Coulson reviewed 25 years of research on education markets around the world for the Cato Institute, and concluded that “the private sector outperforms the public sector in the overwhelming majority of cases.” Furthermore, he said:

…that margin…

Tags: Cato Institute, Education Public Interest Center, Private schools, Public Schools, research, tuition tax credits, vouchers

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