Open Enrollment Could Ease Pressure on Districts
One objection to open enrollment is that districts would have trouble accommodating changing numbers of students. I explained in this...
Saint Louis County Would Benefit From City’s Return
In his most recent inaugural address, Mayor Francis Slay stated that it is time for the city of Saint Louis...
Charter Schools Succeed at Language Instruction
Charter schools, the public schools run by independent organizations that are continual subjects of debate, are often compared to traditional...
Please, Legislature, Save Us From the Horrors of Labeled Milk
Mr. Combest has the link to a St. Joseph News-Press story on an absolutely ludicrous idea that combines the worst...
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...
Ladue Objects to Its Phone Bill
The Post-Dispatch is reporting that the City of Ladue is balking at its requested contribution to the Municipal League for...
Ladue School District Gets It Wrong On Assessments …
The Post has a very short blurb that still manages to say a great deal about assessments and basic economics....
The Riverfront Times Adds to the 911 Discussion …
The Riverfront Times chimes into the 911 discussion with an interesting article on technical glitches and financial disputes that have...
County Proceeds With Takeover of Conway Road
St. Louis County is proceeding (agenda item # 28) with the takeover of Conway Road in response to Westwood’s insane...
Cape Officials Consider Very Bad Idea …
As reported in the Southeast Missourian, city officals in Cape Girardeau are considering instituting some type of earnings or payroll...
Incentives at Work (in School)
There’s an article in the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Digest about the relationship between merit pay for teachers...
Getting Sauced on Liquor Licenses …
The May edition of Sauce Magazine has a wonderful article on liquor licenses in the St. Louis area. I really...
Whose road is being traveled?
St. Louis County has used a carrot and stick approach to dealing with local municipalities regarding the necessary traffic changes...
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