Good Article on Schools

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Yeah, KC is one of the old river cities that never recovered from the 70s flight and resulting decay. A few years ago I was there for the first time in 20 years, and it was distressing to see that it was even worse, where most comparable cities I had seen seemed better. Totally anecdotal, of course, but KC seemed like it was on the ropes.

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It's not anecdotal to note that the KC district still has 18,000 students. Makes sense to close half-full schools, and lay off some teachers, but it sounds fairly dire there from a budget and performance standpoint.

[']['ear]

Well, we'll see a lot of budget failures. The Great Recession is like a 100 year drought in some ecosystem. The weak will die first. KC is the weakest of the flyover cities nobody cares about.