Today, thanks to a front-page story in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, I learned that State Senator Jane Cunningham, in a fit of spite, is willing to gut a program that affects 4000 preschool children. She wants to yank $11.8 million from the Missouri Prescho... »
Here's the latest wrap-up of assorted links and short local news items of interest:* Trombonist Brett Stamps (pictured) will make his final appearance as director of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) Concert Jazz Band in a concert at... »
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial in today's edition gives as good an assessment of the move to eliminate teacher tenure as has been given: The editorial notes how GOP leadership moved this bill, as well as other education bills out of the Education ... »
This week, let's get reacquainted with cellist Craig Hultgren, who's returning to St. Louis next week to perform with members of the ensemble Luna Nova at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 14 at Christ Church Cathedral, 1210 Locust St. downtown. The concert, ... »
This week, let's get better acquainted with clarinetist and saxophonist Anat Cohen, who will be in St. Louis to play at Jazz at the Bistro starting next Wednesday, February 15 and continuing through Saturday, February 18.Cohen, who's in her early 30s, ... »
In a Jan. 20 action bulletin, Missouri State Teachers Association Executive Director Kent King explains teacher tenure and the new petition effort to eliminate it. MSTA opposes this petition and any attempt to eliminate teacher tenure. Teachers play a ... »
When she was working for the state of Missouri, trying to keep student testing results honest, Sherri Sampson came upon some pretty egregious examples of cheating: Teachers took test books home to change students’ answers. Teachers took pictures of the... »
