Thank you, Dave, for responding to my telemarketing challenge. For those of you who want to read about something more […]
I’ll Bite on Telemarketers
We are on the No Call list, and nonetheless somehow receive a large number of calls each evening. Lately, Discover […]
There’s a sad post today on the Missouri Parents for Public Schools blog: My children are the most important things […]
You can’t really give away something that doesn’t belong to you especially if the "recipient" is its rightful owner! […]
I’ve been searching for more good blogs and other websites about public policy outside of St. Louis, and today I […]
Merit Pay for Teachers
Merit pay for teachers is on the horizon. With gratitude to Combest for the link, here’s an article in the […]
I Love Telemarketers
I feel really bad for telemarketers. Everybody is out to get them. Here’s an article in the Post-Dispatch about Missouri’s […]
Actually, this post is indeed about light rail, I just liked the connection to the prior post. Damn, this is […]
Today’s Post-Dispatch has a front-page article on Mayor Slay’s newly announced plan to seek a major expansion of the network […]
A Step Forward
It’s hard to miss this morning’s front-page article in the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch about Mayor Slay’s new plan to expand […]
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed (get a subscription, people; there’s no free lunch) about for-profit management of […]
Save the Charters!
Dave Roland takes issue with my criticism of an effort to close "failing" charter schools in Ohio. He writes: A […]
I learn from the Missouri NEA that next week is American Education Week. (I love how we have a week […]
I just wanted to briefly follow up Sarah’s earlier post about Ohio’s threatened closing of some of its charter schools. […]
Tuition Tax Credits
Within the next few weeks, the Show-Me Institute will be releasing a study about the economic benefits of a tuition […]
The New York Times reports that Ohio’s attorney general is trying to close some of the state’s charter schools, and […]
Interesting Story in Post About Outsourcing Mental Health Care
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a very interesting story (link via Combest) on the state’s plan to send the casework […]
Four St. Louis families with children attending Clayton schools (and who previously attended St. Louis schools) are filing a lawsuit […]
Unintended Consequences
I think Dave Stokes is right about voting, but education is one subject that we should listen to economists about. […]
Voters in the section of the Kansas City school district that lies in the suburbs of Independence and Sugar Creek […]
