St. Louis has won an unlikely honor. Forbes ranks the area as number nine in its list of the top […]
To the bemoaners of “tax cuts for the rich,” a new Congressional Budget Office report shatters some popular perceptions on […]
It’s because of stories like this (thanks, Edspresso!) that I’m happy and optimistic. It’s about a public school in Houston […]
There’s good news in this article on teacher quality: The average SAT verbal scores of prospective teachers passing the Praxis […]
There are few things as worthless as a gun buyback program. Here is the article on this weekend’s one-day exercise […]
Janese Heavin at the Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the Columbia Board of Education has wisely decided not to channel […]
I’ve been remiss. I already post less frequently on this blog than I should, but last week I neglected to […]
There are lots of ideas out there about how to improve education. Some are wackier than others. This article in […]
The Post-Dispatch reports that AT&T has agreed to settle the lawsuit brought by cities for back taxes from cell phone […]
Thanks go to Combest for linking to this silly news report about "price-gouging." The Missouri Attorney General’s office is warning […]
The Post-Dispatch usually publishes balanced articles about education issues, but this is really disturbing. The article reports on "white flight" […]
Did you know that Kansas City is one of the largest cities in the United States that has a city […]
It may not be Missouri, but it’s close enough, and it relates perfectly to what I posted just last week […]
It is that time of year again when Lexus starts trumpeting its Christmas sales event. To those of you out […]
The Kansas City Star reports that the first people to be protected by the new law against internet harassment may […]
While I am not going to comment on it myself, here is a must-read post from Pub Def. You can […]
Gambling revenue is to government what masturbation is to single 20-somethings — just a reliable thing to fall back on […]
Yes, there are, and one of them just lost a lawsuit for, among other reasons, not properly following the open […]
I’ve been resisting the pre-filed bill list, but my self-control goes only so far. Does anybody really think unaccredited districts […]
Here’s a public-private partnership not everyone is happy about. A Florida school district is teaming up with McDonald’s to reward […]
