2006

by Peter DownsMarch 20, 2006 -- Richard Pack made a modest proposal to the St. Louis Board of Education on March 14: teach children how to focus by teaching them chess.Pack said he was a…

Read much more on these results at STLSchools.org. In Communication ArtsGrade 3 - Below Basic (21.2%)/Basic (53%)/Prof (16.2%)/Adv (9.6%)Grade 4 - Below Basic (25.6%)/Basic (51.4%)/Prof (16.4%)/Adv (6.6%)Grade 5 - Below Basic (23%)/Basic (55.7%)/Prof (15.9%)/Adv (5.5%)Grade…

Republican Leslie Farr has lost his bid to get his party’s nomination for a second run against Congressman Lacy Clay in the 1st District. Mark J. Byrne easily defeated Farr, who had recently become at…

The School Board will meet tonight at Carr Lane VPA Middle School, 1004 N. Jefferson Avenue. Among the agenda items are a presentation to the "Teachers of the Year" and a vote on a resolution…

The very popular Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) will be in St. Louis again this weekend to support fellow Democrat Claire McCaskill in her very tight campaign against incumbent Sen. Jim Talent.There will be a public…

A story in today’s New York Times calls attention to the shift on K Street following last week’s elections. Quoted in the story is Steve Elmendorf, a longtime aide to former St. Louis Congressman Richard…

St. Louis Public Schools reports nearly 84% of students expected to attend school today were in the classroom."We are certainly pleased to see an increase in the attendance for day two," said Interim Superintendent Diana…

The battle for the southside vote is heating up as attacks between the two white State Senate candidates, Jeff Smith and Derio Gambaro, go back and forth in the mailboxes of 5th District voters south…

Board member Bob Archibald called tonight's ouster of Superintendent Creg Williams "despicable" and "St. Louis at its worst." He also told reporters that he thinks the state should come in to take control of St.…