2006

The following is a letter from an exiting administrator in St. Louis Public Schools:Since I am now leaving the BOE (my position for improving student performance on ACT and AP examinations has been eliminated), I…

by Peter DownsJanuary 18, 2006 -- An ambitious private plan to build a sports stadium to serve St. Louis Public Schools and St. Louis City residents has ground to halt.The Community Stadium Project, the nonprofit…

A tipster reports that Mary “One” Johnson’s realty company is among six firms whose Better Business Bureau membership was revoted last month. Johnson is the vice chairman of City’s Preservation Board and the star of…

The Arch City Chronicle beat us to reporting (doesn't happen very often) the latest rumor which is making its way around city political circles: 6th Ward Alderman Lewis Reed will be challenging Jim Shrewsbury in…

Senator Jim Talent told moderator Tim Russert on “Meet the Press” this morning that he would have voted for to go to war in Iraq even if he knew there were no weapons of mass…

The St. Louis Board of Education tonight voted to make Dr. Diana Bourisaw the permanent superintendent of St. Louis Public Schools.By a vote of 4-2 (board member Ron Jackson walked out of the meeting) the…

Check out more than 180 PUB DEF videos at www.YouTube.com/PubDef. And check out our Flickr page at www.Flickr.com/photos/PubDef. You’ll find photos there from last night’s happy hour for Ed Martin. Keep up with St. Louis…

As we reported yesterday, State Education Commissioner Kent King has appointed five people to a special committee charged with analyzing the current state of St. Louis Public Schools and making recommendations to the Missouri Board…

This morning St. Louis Public Schools released information stating that in the first four weeks of the school year they hit 99% of projected enrollment and that a majority of schools made their attendance targets:…