2006

Starting this week, there are going to be three public meetings on St. Louis Public Schools' 2006-07 district budget. Officials say presentations are designed to provide parents and the general public with more information about…

Advisory Committee Meeting Today By Antonio D. French The special five-member committee appointed by State Education Commissioner Kent King last month to analyze the current state of St. Louis Public Schools is meeting today --…

The Saint Louis Board of Education will hold a Special Board Meeting Work Session and a Board Meeting on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at Carr Lane VPA Middle School. The Special Board Meeting Work Session…

In one of his last acts as an alderman, License Collector-elect Mike McMillan announced Wednesday over $600,000 in grants for local organizations and businesses. “The wide variety of projects funded by these grants will benefit…

Word is that Father Lawrence Biondi, president of St. Louis University, is in Lebanon tonight, holed up in a hotel room while Israel bombs the country. UPDATE: The AP now has the story… “University spokesman…

The following events will be going on in the St. Louis area on topics surrounding public education:October 14The St. Louis Public School District will hold an open house for its 20 magnet schools on Saturday,…

The following is a repost of an SLS Watch article by R.E. Porter:In recent weeks, St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Diana Bourisaw has presented a detailed plan for raising student achievement in St. Louis to…

The National Republican Senatorial Committee has launched a website aimed at keeping up a steady stream of attacks on Missouri Auditor and U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill. McCaskill is maintaining a small lead in the…

U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill sent out a media advisory moments ago saying their candidate will be on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews" at 6:00 this evening. From the advisory:Today, during MSNBC’s day-long programming dedicated…