I was just on Hancock Place School District’s website and saw their most recent issue of The Communicator, the district’s newsletter.  There I found an interesting article written by student Angela Armstrong for The Growler, the high school’s student newspaper. 

Apparently there…

We just got this from Mizzou — a notice about area teachers honored there by MU Honors College students who nominated them.  Cool idea!  Congratulations to these teachers.

The University of Missouri recognized the outstanding teaching abilities of 32 Missouri high…

One true measure of the struggling economy is seeing how many students can’t afford to buy school lunches.  The federal government offers a free and reduced lunch program to qualifying students, and more and more of them are signing up.

But…

The Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club, which has served the community for more than 40 years, will administer the in-school mentoring program Mentor St. Louis has offered in some city schools for nearly 15 years, the groups announced today.

Mentor…

I just got this from Lindbergh schools:

Lindbergh teachers voted Thursday night to endorse a new three-year agreement with the Lindbergh Schools administration and board that will pave the way for future decision-making by opening up discussions between teachers and administrators.

The…

Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis is celebrating its 95th anniversary this year, and one of the things they’ve done to celebrate is release a very nice book about the school, called “CID: A Journey.” The book is…

Today, we reported that St. Louis Public Schools unveiled a draft of its accountability plan to regain state accreditation within two years.  But when they gave the draft to its special administrative board Tuesday night, they said the details wouldn’t…

Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis was thrilled to find out over the weekend that one of their 1956 graduates, T. Alan Hurwitz, will be Gallaudet University’s new president.   He spent 10 years learning to talk as a child…

We just got this from Maplewood Richmond Heights School District — a link to a 14-minute long video showing off accomplishments the district has made over the last ten years.  The before and after pictures of buildings, hallways, and common…

Everybody seems to have vaccines on the brain lately, with the onset of the flu and the H1N1 season. I had been hearing in mom circles for months about a faction of parents that simply don’t get vaccinations for their…