Grading for Equity in San Francisco, and What It Means for Missouri
Under intense public pressure, the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) recently walked back from a controversial “Grading for Equity”...
Kansas City’s World Cup Potemkin Village
Kansas City is spending $1.4 million in previously allocated World Cup funds to subsidize vacant storefronts ahead of the 2026...
Some Good News for Kansas City and St. Louis
For years, many who sought to excel in a creative or professional field headed to the coasts. Cities like New...
Government Infrastructure Costs Are Out of Control
A version of the following commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. We have all seen the television ad...
Part 5: Does Kansas City Have an Affordable Housing Problem?
(You can read part one, part two, part three, and part four in this series here.) How affordable is housing in Kansas...
Part Two: Does Kansas City Have an Affordable Housing Problem?
(You can read part one in this series here.) It is often taken as gospel by some local (and many...
Who’s Driving the Bus on School Openings?
Students and families are nearing the one-year mark of schooling in COVID times. For many, traversing this ever-shifting education landscape...
Sunshine in Atlanta
Earlier this month Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the launching of the city’s own municipal checkbook in order to...
To Keep the Zoo Great, Keep It Out of Taxpayers’ Pockets
A version of this op-ed appeared in the Clayton Times on July 11, 2017. We’re told early in life that...
