Column: : From 4-day weeks to charter debate, Missouri has a school funding crisis

Column: : From 4-day weeks to charter debate, Missouri has a school funding crisis

Amid all this, it’s no wonder the annual debate over charter schools funding gets so emotional. Some of the people on both sides of the debate use Black kids in St. Louis as a cudgel, accusing opponents of not caring about their success. Meanwhile, none of the rural lawmakers imposing a St. Louis-specific solution on one school district even have to ponder the charter vs. public school debate in their own backyards.