Is School Choice “Welfare for the Rich”?
As school choice policies advance nationwide, and to a lesser extent in Missouri, there appears to be a new line...
Riverview Gardens and Normandy Are Regaining Local Control
After a decade of state control, the Missouri Board of Education recently announced it will restore local control to two...
A St. Louis County Merger?
The adjoining St. Louis County municipalities of Normandy and Glen Echo Park are considering merging. Learn more here.
This Is What Number Four Looks Like?
By now, we have all seen that wonderful photo of the young child sitting in the backseat of her parents’...
Municipal Contracting Is What Missouri Needs More Of
Greendale, Missouri (population: small) is a St. Louis suburb. Like many cities within St. Louis County, it is very small....
A Charter School for Normandy?
The Normandy School District might be getting its first charter school. That is, unless a coterie of local functionaries scupper...
Getting Sent Back to School
What a mixed-up world we live in. In order to keep her daughter in the school she has chosen, a...
Is Success Really Just a Matter of Showing Up?
A student who fails every test in a course is unlikely to get a passing grade just because he makes...
Like a Sore Thumb: Missouri’s Testing Standards Buck National Trend
Marching to the beat of your own drummer is all good and well as long as you know where you’re...
