2006

Let’s start Friday off right — with some tunes. Yesterday we took our camera over to the East Side, near Brooklyn, Illinois. No, it’s not what you’re thinking. It was for a project. No, not…

In 2002, the SLPS were provisionally accredited. If it had not been for the impending end to the desegregation program within the district, the district would have been unaccredited at that time, but instead was…

Two St. Louis Public School students will take center stage at the next two World Series games as the St. Louis Cardinals take on the Detroit Tigers. Anthanisha McMiller, a 5th grader at Gateway Elementary…

The Missouri Republican Party sent out a press release this afternoon attacking State Senator-elect Jeff Smith, a Democrat, on his decision to oppose Gov. Matt Blunt’s appointment of Donayle Whitmore-Smith to the State Board of…

by A Roosevelt Teacher January 3, 2006 –– On the last Friday before Christmas break, Superintendent Williams sent a letter home to parents of Roosevelt students detailing sweeping changes that would take place in the…

Officials at the St. Louis City Board of Elections tell PUB DEF that based upon morning traffic at the polls, they expect a higher than expected turnout of about 58 to 60 percent — roughly…

The following is a repost from SLSWatch by Nick Clement:At the Parent Assembly meeting last Thursday night, St. Louis Public Schools Board Member Ron Jackson made the outrageous claim that "Accreditation is a ruse!"According to…

by Katie Wessling and two other members of St. Louis Parents for KidsBoard Statement for Feb. 14thThank you for hearing our concerns this evening. Many parents from a number of schools are concerned with the…

CNN reports it. BBC reports it. It is even confirmed by recent academic studies. Home buyers will pay extra for a house near a schools that has a reputation as a "good" school. More than…