Kansas City is home to the best barbeque in the world and some of the worst schools in the country. In one sector, black and white, rich and poor come together to enjoy a high-quality, low-cost product. In the other, almost exclusively people of color attend unaccredited schools at an enormous cost to taxpayers. What makes barbeque the great egalitarian experience that it is today? Two things: quality and availability. The story of Kansas City schools is, sadly, much different.