On Thursday the City Council of Kansas City will consider placing on the ballot an initiative petition calling for an […]
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On July 22, Professor Heywood Sanders spoke at the Kansas City library about the research in his book, Convention Center […]
New Superintendent Gives Kansas City Opportunity to Rethink School Organization
For the 5th time in 16 years, the Kansas City Public Schools are in the market for a new superintendent. […]
Do the Math?
How many times has someone said “just do the math?” Unfortunately, too many children in Missouri are likely to respond […]
As first appearing in the Columbia Tribune: In a couple of weeks’ time, incoming college freshmen will get their first […]
A couple months ago, I wrote about the misconceptions concerning driving trends in Missouri. Specifically, there was no evidence that […]
Professional Development: Neither Professional nor Development. Discuss!
If you ask a group of teachers what their two favorite words are, you’ll probably get a range of answers. […]
New Report Gives High Marks to Missouri’s Urban Highways
Recently, TRIP, a national transportation research group, released a report on the state of urban roadways in cities across the […]
Among the primary reasons for opposition to increasing the minimum wage is that doing so will result in job losses. […]
The Kansas City Business Journal just published some good news for Kansas City: On Tuesday, Allegiant Air announced it will start […]
Is there evidence of a “teacher exodus” from Kansas?
If you take the media’s account of the state of the teaching profession in Kansas seriously, you’d think that there […]
Show-me’s Patrick Tuohey talks about Kansas sales tax revenues on Ruckus!
This year’s Friedman Legacy Day event in Saint Louis focused on the importance of school choice with guest speaker Hon. […]
On Tuesday, voters across Missouri cast ballots on many different local issues. Most had to do with bond issuances and […]
If charter schools are ruining education in Missouri, more please!
The Kansas City and St. Louis school districts saw two of the largest gains in the country in their graduation […]
This summer, Missouri passed a troubling piece of legislation—SS HCS HB 137. The main provisions of it essentially state that […]
Some Comments on a Minimum Wage Testimony
There’s been a lot said on the prospect of increasing the minimum wage in Saint Louis. A lot of that […]
The Post-Dispatch published a heart-wrenching story yesterday about a family trapped in the Normandy school district. The Harpers have two […]
A pension benefit meant to allow Springfield police and firefighters to take early retirement is now underfunded. Employee contributions have […]
