St. Louis Public Schools Archive

• 0October 7, 2009

  “A Friend in Need…” Matching Struggling Readers with Avid Readers to Improve Comprehension

  As a reading teacher, one of my biggest challenges is finding books that are interesting and relevant to my seventh...

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• 0October 5, 2009

  New Teacher’s Blog, Blogger Bio

  Hello from Saint Louis! My name is Amy Kordus and I am a second year corps member with Teach For...

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• 1August 20, 2009

  School Districts Must Rethink Funding and Resources

  With an economy in recession and real estate, and other, tax revenues to state and local coffers dwindling, public school...

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• 0April 23, 2009

  NY Mayor Bloomberg Talks Mayoral Control of School Systems

  In this recent interview from Think Progress, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg discusses what improvements have been made since...

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• 0April 17, 2009

  St. Louis Public Schools Remove Deed Restrictions on Closed Buildings

  The St. Louis Public Schools announced today that they are removing the deed restrictions on closed public school buildings prohibiting...

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• 0April 1, 2009

  Lawsuit Seeks Removal of Deed Restrictions

  Saint Louis City residents and education reform advocates Rex Sinquefield and W. Bevis Schock filed a lawsuit in United States...

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• 0March 6, 2009

  President Obama’s Education Secretary: “School Buildings Belong to the Community”

  President Barack Obama’s Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan made a strong statement on school buildings in today’s Washington Post. ...

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• 0March 5, 2009

  More Community Outcry Over Deed Restrictions

  The issue of deed restrictions on closed school buildings by the SLPS is really heating up in the neighborhoods most...

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• 0February 18, 2009

  How Long Will This Go On?

  Yesterday’s Suburban Journals section of STLtoday.com highlights the fact that parents are still fleeing SLPS in large numbers to county...

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• 0February 10, 2009

  St. Louis Post- Dispatch Covers Deed Restrictions

  David Hunn of the St. Louis Post- Dispatch is the latest to cover the St. Louis Public School districts’ outrageous...

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