Author: SCM

Here is Dan Conaway’s weekly column, all of which are posted here: Somebody else started it. The school bully tried to take our lunch money one too many times, and this time, he got his clock wound. David Pickler’s...

We change with time, and so do our communities. In some cases, the evolution may seem lightning fast, in others slow; in some cases change brings obvious improvement, but there is frequently something lost as well. Like it or...

From the London Guardian: When it comes to smart-city thinking, no idea is too improbable it would seem. From intelligent traffic cones to plant-based cities, ideas range from the innovative to the downright outlandish. The...

From Education Week: For years, advocates for poor and minority students have been saying that districts haven’t been doing a good of ensuring that high-poverty schools get their fair share of state and local dollars,...

From Daily Commercial News: The practice of architecture is, as we all know, regulated by provincial legislation designed to protect the public interest. This legislation is silent, however, on something that one would also...

Former Memphis Mayor Willie W. Herenton said last night that his 2005 proposal for multiple school districts is a good starting point for structuring a new countywide school system. On a side note, it was good to see him rested...

A recent editorial in the Chattanooga Free Press is the best answer to Shelby County School officials’ insistence that consolidation has created problems in other counties that have melded two systems into one. ...

This column was written by Roger K. Lewis is a practicing architect and a professor emeritus of architecture at the University of Maryland. It’s good advice, so as you read it, substitute Memphis every time you see...

By Roberta Brandes Gratz / Dec 24 2010 For Release Sunday, December 26, 2010 Citiwire.net DETROIT — Organic development, not “big bang projects” — that’s the sane, and effective way, to build and rebuild great cities. For...