There’s some discussion over at NCLBlog about research by Show-Me Institute scholar Mike Podgursky that was published in Education Next. […]
Well, we have a new winner in the "Most obvious reference for a blog post title, ever" contest. Even if […]
There was an interesting (and unusually bipartisan) op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal the other day, touting an extremely […]
Faithful readers of this blog might be under the impression that St. Louis is always missing the boat on education […]
On Sunday, the Columbia Daily Tribune juxtaposed two columns on school choice: one by David Webber (which Sarah Brodsky already […]
Dave is right, crime is a fact. But how it’s measured is a statistic. If an incident involves a burglary, […]
"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." — Joseph Stalin, aka Koba the Dread "No, […]
On Nov. 6, voters in Utah decided to stay the course with the state’s underachieving educational status quo, voting down […]
David Webber, a professor at the University of Missouri, makes some good points in an op-ed about school choice in […]
Not to beat a dead horse here, but I disagree with Dave’s impression of the crime statistics in St. Louis. […]
My colleague Justin seems to be attempting, in his prior post, to refute hard numbers with personal experiences, which is […]
Amidst St. Louis’ celebration of the Cardinals’ World Series victory last year, an independent report compiled by CQ Press ranked […]
Charter schools are news at Edspresso, too. The top link this weekend is to a study on charter schools and […]
There is a letter to the editor from the Dean of the School of Education at Maryville University in this […]
A letter to the Post-Dispatch lists some factors that contribute to quality schools, then adds: When these factors come together, […]
As regular readers know (my old joke would have been to insert "both of you" there, but I am pretty […]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on city parents’ fight to enroll their children in the Clayton School District: St. Louis […]
KSDK – Channel 5 (link via Combest) broadcast a story a few nights ago on Internet usage by government employees. […]
Nothing like a strong lead to really reach out and suck you into reading the post, huh? Today’s St. Louis […]
In reading through the transcript of yesterday’s eminent domain discussion with Tim, I was glad to see he points out […]
