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08.24.2008 12:15 pm

Schools (especially good ones) shouldn’t engage in statistical contests

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

To this Ladue voter, the decision by our school board to favor paper credentials (Master’s degrees) over performance, merely to keep up with some nearby Joneses in a meaningless statistical contest, is another sign that this group has lost its…

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08.21.2008 5:26 pm

It’s not broken; don’t fix it!

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

There are now 51.7 teachers in the Ladue School District with Masters Degrees yet it is one of the top performing districts in the state.  Ladue pays its teachers on the merit system.  No genius, or even one with a…

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07.21.2008 3:28 pm

Public school has been given total domination in education

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This is America,,, When American’s choose their educational stragedy the entire world is enhanced! Teachers will find better careers and parents will choose what works best for their individual child. Families will be built instead of school boards and superintendents drunk with power!…

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07.16.2008 3:48 pm

A bad school is a superintendent’s responsibility, not the result of a few bad teachers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Education is getting a lot of attention in the presidential campaigns. A retired public school teacher, I want to weigh in on a couple of issues.

Math and science are important, but to concentrate attention on those subjects and minimize…

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05.06.2008 3:06 pm

Teacher certification bill shortchanges students

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

You are under arrest for a crime you didn’t commit.   The lawyer you can afford comes in, puts down his briefcase, and tells you he has spent less than a month observing the courtroom and a few bucks to become…

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