Groundbreaking for New Charter School

City Garden Montessori School - Mayor Slay will be there

Groundbreaking Ceremony & Block Party: Thursday, November 3rd, 4-6:30pm Intersection of Tower Grove Ave & McRee Ave

Rewriting the NCLB Law

Senate Panel Approves Bill That Rewrites Education Law

By SAM DILLON

Published: October 21, 2011

Anger over the Obama administration’s No Child Left Behind waiver plan prodded lawmakers to approve a bill that would greatly reduce Washington’s role in overseeing public schools.

On Early Childhood Education

OPINION

Occupy the Classroom

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Published: October 19, 2011

Want to close the equality gap? Providing early childhood education would be a great place to start, and it might even pay for itself

Education protests grip Chilean capital - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Education protests grip Chilean capital - Americas - Al Jazeera English

See video - marches and police action

The Vanity of Volunteerism

Because service is not simple.

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/02/magazine/the-vanity-of-volunteerism.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

''If we're going to insist on smaller government and lower taxes,'' says Sara Melendez at Independent Sector, ''then we're going to have to give more individually. But if what we're really saying is that we're giving as much as we can, that we're volunteering as much as we can, then we have a choice. We can either say, 'I don't care what happens to people in need,' or we can make sure that we have the government policies in place to pick up the slack.''

Letter to the editor, re 'choice'

By Byron Clemens

Mallinckrodt Academy

"St. Louis magnet school program breeding success"

St. Louis Post-Dispatch article

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_09b6ab06-cb41-50cd-b142-106ff799fd31.html

May be interesting to those looking at choices parents have in SLPS.

Chilean students protest education reform

Photoessay on Chilean university student protests against education reform

Colombian Students Mobilize Against Education Reforms

Colombian Students Mobilize Against Education Reforms

Against government law to encourage profit motive in education.

St Louis on the Air, on Charters

October 11, 2011 Segment A A conversation about the role of charter schools in urban public education.

Guests William Carson Vice President and Director of Sustainability McCormack Baron Salazar Co-Chair of FOCUS St. Louis' In-Depth Look at St. Louis Public Charter Schools

Douglas Thaman Executive Director Missouri Charter Public School Association

William Tate Chair, Department of Education Washington University

 Related Information St. Louis Public Charter Schools: An In-Depth Look A report from FOCUS St. Louis PDF via FOCUS St. Louis

SLU Student Editorial on School Reform

School system job-oriented, not enough focus on quality

Salute to Excellence in Education segment from the St. Louis American

http://www2.stlamerican.com/special_edition/?pub=Special%20Sections

Honors teachers changing St. Louis Schools: public and charter.

More on GOP opposition to national education role

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/us/politics/gop-anti-federalism-aims-at-education.html?src=rechp

Influence Peddling in Education Publishing Business?

Reports on Pierson (NYT)

TFA Teachers: How Long Do They Teach? Why Do They Leave?

TFA Teachers: How Long Do They Teach? Why Do They Leave?

Study Gives Revised View of Chicago School Improvements

Study Gives Revised View of Chicago School Improvements

SLPS contracts in question - St. Louis American: Local News

SLPS contracts in question - St. Louis American: Local News: Longtime
St. Louis activist Bertha Gilkey-Bonds is one of the state’s
biggest advocates for charter schools, particularly in black
neighborhoo…

Demonstrators here target Wall Street

Demonstrators here target Wall Street