2006

The controversial former chief academic officer for the St. Louis Public Schools has made a sudden departure from her current post in the Pittsburgh Public Schools.The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports today that Lynn Spampinato has taken…

Pub Def editor Antonio D. French, Arch City Chronicle publisher Dave Drebis, and (soon-to-be) State Sen. Jeff Smith were the guests on "Collateral Damage" with host Fred Hessel on Monday. The topics of discussion were…

The following letter from school board Vice President Bill Purdy was sent to the Post-Dispatch as a letter to the editor in response to an earlier editorial. The editors of the Post chose not to…

The following is by Nick Clement from the most recent SLS Watch e-newsletter:At the St. Louis School Board administrative meeting Tuesday night, Bob Archibald and Ron Jackson objected to Diana Bourisaw's plans to make a…

St. Louis expatriate Margie Newman, a former KETC producer and cheerleader for City living, and KWMU 90.7 FM’s Tom Weber will be among the thousands of people running Sunday in the Chicago Marathon. This is…

Last Tuesday’s elections have made our celebrity junior senator to the east even more relevant. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) today announced that next year he will serve on four influential committees: the Senate Foreign Relations…

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…

Is the Board Ready to Fire Williams? By Antonio D. French The Post reports this morning that Mayor Francis Slay and board member Robert Archibald think four of the seven members of the St. Louis…

Is St. Louis poised to be the only American city with no control over its police force or its public schools? UPDATE: Click here to download the Special Advisory Committee’s report recommending state intervention in…