Charters Gain Ground Right and Left
The pattern of traditional public schools losing students to charter schools appears in Kansas City, too. There are many good...
Some Positive (and Not-So-Positive) News for Missouri Homeowners
Forbes Magazine has ranked Kansas City fifth in its “Best Cities for Home Sellers” list. This is good news for...
Final Reply to Justin About Reassessments
I shall keep this very brief. I want to provide two clarifications to Justin’s latest response. I never stated that...
Unlicensed Interior Decorators Wreak Havoc on Living Rooms
Clark Neily of the Institute for Justice has a great op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today about licensing interior...
Markets Develop, Even When Suppressed (and when you’re a kid)
To combat childhood obesity, school districts across the country have adopted ever-more-draconian measures to ensure that students are provided with...
Martha Stewart Was Wrong: It’s Not a Good Thing
I don’t want to beat a dead horse, so I will be brief. While I certainly agree with many of...
Alternative Teacher Certification
Thanks, Combest, for linking to an article about this excellent legislation: Sen. Luann Ridgeway, R-Smithville, sponsored a bill to give...
If It Works in California, It Could Work in Missouri, Too
Here’s a chart of Missouri’s teacher shortage areas from 1997 to the present. The list keeps getting longer, and there’s...
Texas Thinks Outside the Lane on Transportation Planning
Texas is attempting to address its long-term transportation planning needs in a fairly radical way. "Radical" often has a negative...
Math Lexicon
I have to respectfully disagree with my colleague’s tacit approval of "integrated math," which is not an "intuitive or interesting"...
Justin Channels Stalin
"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." — Joseph Stalin, aka Koba the Dread "No,...
No, Crime Statistics Are Statistics, Not Facts
Not to beat a dead horse here, but I disagree with Dave’s impression of the crime statistics in St. Louis....
Crime Stats Are Facts, Not Opinions
My colleague Justin seems to be attempting, in his prior post, to refute hard numbers with personal experiences, which is...
In the City, City of Compton … I mean, StL
Amidst St. Louis’ celebration of the Cardinals’ World Series victory last year, an independent report compiled by CQ Press ranked...
Innovative Charter Schools
I’ve discussed how more charter schools could help bring down the dropout rate in St. Louis. Now I see by...
Way to Go, Missouri!
I’ve complained in the past about Missouri’s system of occupational licensure, which requires manicurists, martial arts judges, and lots of...
Ticket Scalping – A Great Idea
Readers of Show-Me Daily already know that ticket scalping is a good thing. Here is an article in the Post-Dispatch...
Missouri Doesn’t Need an English-Language Amendment
Although official state business is not always understandable to ordinary Missourians, the reason probably has more to do with bureaucratic...
Biofuel Funding Goes Elsewhere
Missouri was not selected to be the site of a federally-funded biofuels research center: The Department of Energy announced Tuesday...
The Case for the Electoral College
Legislators in Illinois and Missouri are pondering legislation that would give their states’ electoral votes to the presidential candidate who...
