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CAT Tracks for the 2006-07 School Year



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June 30 - Cairo BOE...A Two-Fer


June 29 - Racial Diversity Plans Struck Down


June 28 - Cape Central High School


June 27 - Bennett ISAT Results


June 27 - Water Hazard


June 26 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


June 24 - Juan & Rose Spencer Memorial


June 23 - Special Education Rules


June 23 - Dumbing Down?


June 23 - Pro-Union Federal Legislation


June 21 - Terrible Tragedy


June 21 - There's No Place Like Home


June 21 - The "R" Word


June 21 - Spy in the Sky


June 20 - Heard It Through the Grapevine...II


June 20 - BCBS Premium Deductions


June 20 - Interview With Margaret Spellings


June 19 - Protecting "The Stuff"


June 18 - Controversy Dogs NCLB


June 18 - Heard It Through the Grapevine...


June 18 - Merit Pay


June 17 - Wise Beyond Their Years


June 14 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


June 14 - Former Cairo City Attorney Missing


June 13 - James Gibson Arbitration


June 12 - Gin Fizzles


June 12 - Positive News For Cairo, But...


June 11 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


June 10 - Teacher Loses Job...Sues


June 10 - How Does Your Garden Grow?


June 9 - Hidden Discrimination


June 8 - Edward Smith Honored


June 8 - FYI - Ronald Driemeier


June 8 - State Standards Vary Widely


June 8 - Ghosts in the Machine


June 7 - Gorillas in the Myst(ery)


June 6 - SCC President Retires


June 5 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


June 4 - Julia Steiny Gets It


June 3 - Editorial on NCLB


June 3 - Kentucky Blew Grass


June 2 - Cheers


June 2 - 9.6% Pay Raise


June 2 - Let Us...Be Quiet!


May 31 - Lorenzo Nelson Injunction


May 30 - Uneasy Access


May 29 - Show of Hands


May 28 - And Some Gave All


May 27 - Eternal Thanks


May 27 - Special BOE Meeting - May 31st


May 27 - Obituary - Jettie B. Purchase


May 27 - Emerson News...Retirees


May 26 - Fatal Burglary Attempt


May 26 - Happy CATs


May 25 - Land of...the Simpsons?


May 24 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


May 24 - Laugh Your Scandals Away?


May 23 - Rocky Mountain High Jinks


May 23 - Discord in Dongola


May 22 - Click It or Ticket


May 21 - A Major Oops!


May 21 - Prank, Sleepwalking, ???


May 20 - CARE-oh...Empty


May 17 - Racially Hostile Workplace


May 17 - Hayti High Achievement


May 17 - 10-Year-Old Punches Cape Teacher


May 16 - Anti-Education Culture


May 15 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes, Sort Of...


May 15 - Christmas in Cape?


May 14 - Mother's Day Special


May 14 - Bong Hits...And Tigger Too


May 14 - Winding Down...UPDATED


May 14 - This Is Not A Drill


May 13 - Postage Rate Changes


May 12 - Flips Out


May 11 - Zero Support for Tax Plan


May 10 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


May 10 - Science Heaven


May 10 - Failing Leaves


May 7 - Possible Dental Insurance


May 7 - Myspace Sex Video...From Dongola?


May 5 - Ethanol Plant


May 4 - The Laptop Controversy


May 4 - School Bus Stabbing


May 3 - Education Funding Rally in Springfield


May 2 - Next Week...Appreciation Week


May 2 - BCBS Group Health Insurance Proposal


May 2 - The $100 Laptop


May 2 - Harry Potter...The End


May 2 - Childs Hits Ground Running


May 1 - Student Microsoft Software Suite for $3


April 30 - Rend Lake Defeats The Confluence


April 30 - Dance, Dance, Dance!


April 30 - Who Ya Gonna Call?


April 29 - Virginia Tech Ripple Effect


April 27 - Cutting-Edge Cheating Technology


April 27 - National Teacher of the Year


April 27 - AASA Lashes Out at NCLB


April 26 - Cairo Citizen Editorial


April 26 - Invitation to "Swearing In"


April 25 - School Bus Crash


April 25 - Student Protest in SE Missouri


April 24 - CSD #1 Art Show


April 24 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


April 24 - New-Age Math


April 24 - (ACTIV)Board of Education


April 24 - "New" IL Superintendent Named


April 21 - SCC Expansion


April 20 - Kiss My ...


April 20 - Tragic Consequences of Bullying


April 20 - Holocaust Survivor Gives Life


April 19 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


April 19 - Cairo Election Results


April 18 - Cairo Hospital Project


April 18 - Cairo Election Coverage


April 17 - Election Day in Cairo


April 17 - Student Protest in Cape Girardeau?


April 17 - Virginia Tech Tragedy


April 16 - April CSD #1 Legal Bill


April 16 - eSchool News Sounds Off!


April 15 - Turning Around A Town


April 15 - Cairo School Board Election


April 14 - BOE Member With An Agenda?


April 14 - Sex, Lies, and DVD


April 13 - Media Advisory: Hospital Clean-Up Briefing


April 13 - "Meet the Candidates" Forum Coverage


April 12 - "Meet the Candidates" Forum Held


April 12 - Honest Election?


April 12 - Cairo Citizen Coverage of County Clerk


April 12 - Fahrenheit 451


April 11 - Southern IL Schools - Emergency Response


April 11 - Alexander County Replaces Clerk


April 9 - Damned If You Do...


April 8 - Poor Little Wabbit...


April 5 - Alexander County Accepts Burkhart Building


April 5 - Finally...BOE Candidates


April 5 - Obituary - Norman Seavers


April 4 - What Works...In the Neighborhood


April 2 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


March 30 - Cairo Confluence Voting


March 30 - Cairo Custom House


March 30 - CHS Knowledge Bowl Team


March 30 - Special BOE Meeting Called - Agenda


March 30 - You Can Run, But...


March 29 - Ed Experts Weigh in on NCLB


March 29 - Cairo Dismissed from Black Diamond


March 29 - WSIU Selected for Literacy Initiative


March 29 - Old Cairo Hospital


March 29 - Charges Brought Against Bo Purchase


March 28 - Lovella Newell Speaks Out


March 28 - Seven Wonders of Illinois


March 28 - Proposed 2007-08 School Calendar


March 27 - Modern Egyptian History


March 23 - Cairo Citizen Report on CSD #1 Resignations


March 22 - Piercings, Tatoos, and Tigger Too


March 22 - NCLB...We Are Not Alone


March 22 - March Madness...ISAT Style


March 19 - Reconvened BOE Meeting - Minutes


March 18 - Lessons in Life...and Death


March 17 - Resignation Coverage


March 16 - Scoop!


March 16 - Turning Up the Heat


March 16 - Cairo Fire


March 15 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


March 15 - Bewitched Teacher Loses Lawsuit


March 15 - Rebellion in Republican Ranks?


March 13 - A Spry Young'un


March 12 - IEA RA


March 11 - Open Educational Resources


March 9 - Y2K2


March 9 - Bible Study


March 9 - Hill Leaves CSD FOP


March 9 - Letter to the Editor


March 9 - Former Vienna Teacher Sentenced


March 8 - Illinois v Ameren


March 8 - IL Governor's Budget Proposal


March 8 - "Hire" Education


March 8 - School Suicide Shootings


March 7 - The Case of the Silent Loudspeaker


March 7 - IL Loop Covers Coverage


March 5 - Board of Education


March 4 - Send a CAT to Summer Camp


March 4 - Local MO Schools Deny Reading Slump


March 3 - In Loving Memory...Nedra Moss


March 2 - Pizza Hut Reading To Go


March 2 - College Baseball Team Bus Crash


March 2 - Tornado Devastates Alabama School


March 1 - Cairo Citizen - Kanidryana Moss


March 1 - Kanidryana Moss Obituary


March 1 - The Primacy of the Superintendent


March 1 - Cobden & Cheran


March 1 - Fourth-Grade Slump


March 1 - Candle Light Vigil


February 28 - "What Works" by Leonard Pitts


February 28 - Cairo Ousts Farris


February 27 - Coal-to-Diesel Plant


February 26 - WPSD TV Channel 6 - Kanidryana Moss


February 26 - WSIL TV Channel 3 - Kanidryana Moss


February 26 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


February 26 - Teacher Bus Chaperones Wanted


February 25 - Southern Illinoisan - Kanidryana Moss


February 25 - Angela Greenwell's Crusade


February 25 - Change Coming to Cairo


February 24 - Tragedy Overshadows Regional Win


February 24 - Southeast Missourian Reports on CCRC Forum


February 23 - CSD #1 Makes AYP


February 22 - CCRC Cairo Candidate Forum


February 22 - Cairo Pension Money in Arrears


February 22 - Op-Ed by IEA President Ken Swanson


February 21 - Apple CEO NOT for Teacher Unions


February 21 - IL Test Scores...Still Late!


February 21 - Club 2012...Fighting the Achievement Gap


February 19 - Bennett Reopening - Related Documents


February 18 - Bennett Elementary to Open Monday?


February 15 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


February 15 - Kan't Spel Kat


February 15 - Can NCLB Get Any Uglier?


February 15 - Intervention


February 14 - CJSHS Makes AYP!


February 13 - Mold at Bennett Elementary


February 13 - Seven Wonders of Illinois


February 12 - Cairo Citizen Election Special


February 12 - Worry Like It's 1999!


February 12 - Look Who's Talking Now


February 12 - Get a Life...


February 11 - Phoenix...Falling in Flames?


February 11 - Cairo's Advantage


February 9 - Judge Reconsiders Koen Decision


February 9 - IL Tax Hike?


February 9 - C Ya on YouTube or MySpace!


February 9 - Cairo Citizen Reports Century Disunion


February 9 - Cairo Athletics Meeting


February 8 - State of the Union


February 8 - Unresponsive Student


February 8 - Bad to the Bone


February 7 - Ed Tech..."Mission Accomplished"


February 6 - Fly Me to the Moon


February 6 - Century Switches Affiliation


February 6 - A Couple of No-No's


February 6 - The American Tragedy?


February 5 - Op-Ed Piece on Self-Esteem


February 5 - 12-Hour School Day


February 4 - The Cairo Project


February 3 - Money, Money, Money, Money, Money


February 3 - Direct Deposit...A Good Thing


February 2 - WSJ Attacks "Overpaid" Teachers


February 2 - NCLI...No Child Left Inside


February 2 - Are Chief's Days Numbered?


February 2 - Texas and the SSA


February 2 - $500 Fine for Missing Teacher's Meeting


February 1 - Koen Back on Ballot


February 1 - Fed's 2007 Education Budget


February 1 - Law 101


February 1 - Cairo-Meridian Basketball


January 31 - School to Monitor Weekends


January 31 - What Do You Make?


January 31 - The Whole Truth


January 31 - "What Works" - HCZ


January 30 - Young Yogis


January 30 - "What Works" for Black Children?


January 30 - IL School Tragedy


January 29 - IL Teen Driver Requirements


January 29 - CATS


January 29 - Decelerated Reader?


January 29 - Singing in the Rain


January 28 - The Unschooled


January 28 - Educational Shower Curtain


January 27 - Cairo Citizen Coverage of City Council Meeting


January 26 - ...And the Ugly


January 25 - Reconvened BOE Meeting - Minutes


January 25 - 29...Going On 12


January 25 - Is Obama "Too White"?


January 25 - Teaching in a Third World Country


January 25 - State of the NCLB


January 24 - Employment Opportunity


January 24 - Does More Time = More Learning?


January 24 - Commuters in the Classroom


January 24 - Cairo City Council Meeting


January 23 - Cape Wants Healthier Students


January 23 - Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire


January 23 - Illinois...Instant Lottery Winner?


January 23 - Material Girls & Boys


January 22 - Vienna HS Ex-Band Teacher


January 22 - National Certification


January 22 - Rethinking Middle School


January 22 - She's Got Legs...


January 21 - Write for Your Life


January 21 - Back in the Day


January 21 - Do Test Scores Matter?


January 20 - IL School Funding


January 19 - Fatal School Stabbing in Boston Suburb


January 19 - No Ballots in Cairo


January 19 - Teacher Op-Ed on Teacher Movies


January 18 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


January 18 - No Such Thing As A Free Speech


January 18 - Cairo Citizen


January 18 - The WSJ - Part III


January 17 - The WSJ - Part II


January 17 - Cairo to Sell Airport?


January 16 - g...Intelligence Matters


January 16 - Preaching Education


January 15 - Will Segregation Rise Again?


January 15 - Teaching Children to Play


January 15 - I Have A Dream...


January 14 - Only in Cairo Elections...NOT!


January 13 - "The Truth" About Al Gore & Condoms


January 12 - Coal-Diesel Refinery for Cairo?


January 12 - Show Me the Wizard!


January 11 - Cairo Citizen


January 11 - Tough Entrance Exam


January 11 - Coal Gasification Plant in Cairo?


January 11 - Alexander County Gains Acceptance


January 10 - His Butt Is Outta Here!


January 10 - What a Difference "Hunger" Makes


January 10 - What Kind of Country Is This?


January 10 - Traitor! Quisling!! Teacher!!!


January 10 - NY School Bans Service Dog


January 10 - Cairo Council Orders Resumption of Pay


January 9 - IEA Call to Action...Worked!


January 9 - Op-Ed Piece on "New National Commission"


January 9 - Another View of Oprah


January 8 - The Incredibles


January 7 - Op-Ed Piece on Oprah


January 7 - Revenge of the Nerds!


January 7 - Follow-Up to Previous Story


January 6 - Cairo Council Candidates Removed


January 5 - NCLB Up for Renewal


January 5 - Speeding Tickets for Test-Takers


January 5 - Quality Counts 2007 Report


January 5 - Local MO Black Graduation Rates


January 4 - And Then There Were...


January 3 - In Memorium


January 3 - Fatal School Shooting


January 3 - Obituary - Steve Dain


January 2 - PSO Meeting Wednesday Night


January 1 - Sad News


December 31 - A Shadow Looms Over 2007


December 30 - Carbon Monoxide Alarm Law


December 30 - Cairo City Council Meets


December 30 - MoVIP


December 29 - Middle School Girls Gone Wild


December 28 - Launch of Election Web Page


December 28 - Ominous Cairo FOP Agenda


December 28 - Movie Review: Charlotte's Web


December 24 - Alternative (to) School


December 24 - Always...Is It Disruptive?


December 24 - Filling a Void


December 23 - IEA Urges Action


December 23 - A Golden Apple


December 22 - An Apple for the Teacher?


December 21 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


December 21 - The Race Is On


December 21 - Cairo City Election


December 21 - Scott's Law


December 21 - Trickle Up Economics?


December 21 - Much Ado About Nothing


December 20 - Cairo Edition of "Cops"


December 19 - Cairo Candidate List Grows


December 18 - Direct Deposit...Correction


December 18 - Christmas Gift Suggestion


December 17 - TIME's "Person of the Year"


December 17 - Judge Greg Mathis


December 16 - Wanna Make 1000 Bucks?


December 16 - Mayor of Cairo


December 16 - Fiddling While Cairo Burns


December 15 - Special Education Rules Change


December 15 - Paducah History


December 15 - CSI Public Schools


December 15 - Forget K-12


December 15 - The Bug


December 14 - NCLB Petition


December 14 - Christmas Spirit


December 13 - Getting High on CAT


December 13 - His Butt's in Trouble!


December 12 - Student Shoots Self


December 12 - Century Secedes From the Union


December 12 - Fuzzy Handwriting


December 12 - BlackBerry Addiction


December 11 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


December 11 - TIME Cover Story


December 10 - Do U Txt Spk...or IM?


December 9 - Raising the Roof on Reading


December 9 - School is a Caberet Ol' Chum


December 9 - High Tech Paperweight?


December 9 - State of the Unions


December 8 - Student Fights Suspension


December 8 - Telling It Like It Is


December 8 - A Grade Bust


December 8 - When Dawgs Fly!


December 7 - April Fool


December 7 - Tech Support for Student Athletes


December 6 - Leonard Pitts on the N-Word


December 6 - New "Show Me the Money" Math


December 6 - Obituary - Candice Paige Hayward


December 5 - Mathematics...Does Less = More?


December 5 - ROE Calls Special Cairo Meeting


December 4 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


December 4 - Death Knell for Affirmative Action?


December 4 - Wal-Mart Says "Thank You!"


December 4 - Only in America...NOT!


December 4 - Google Versus Microsoft


December 3 - "An Inconvenient Truth"


December 3 - Butt, Santa...


December 3 - Market Forces in Education


December 2 - Turning Bad News Into Good


December 1 - Santa Gets Frosty Reception


December 1 - IEA CU Direct Deposit


December 1 - Christmas Concert


November 30 - Cairo's Russell Mackins


November 29 - Announcing A New Website


November 28 - Hazardous Materials in School


November 28 - Cairo Pilots Fly High


November 28 - Johnston City School Lockdown


November 27 - Cairo School News


November 26 - What Makes a Student?


November 25 - Dave Barry Column


November 25 - Big People On Campus


November 25 - Environmentally Friendly


November 25 - A "Teaching Moment"


November 22 - The End of the Road


November 22 - Carbondale Combats Truancy


November 22 - The "Show Me" State


November 22 - IL Education Funding Gap


November 22 - Taking Stock in Education


November 21 - MySpace...OurJob


November 21 - AL School Bus Tragedy


November 21 - Positive Op-Ed Piece


November 20 - Go West, Young Teacher


November 20 - Question...No Answer


November 20 - The Gap


November 19 - "Free School"


November 18 - Segregation Shall Rise Again!


November 18 - T + L Conference


November 17 - Still Waiting...


November 16 - ESEA Reauthorization


November 16 - Far From Urban Legends


November 16 - Never Chat With Strangers


November 15 - After-School Programs in Jeopardy


November 14 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


November 14 - More Math Musings


November 14 - MLK Jr. National Memorial


November 14 - High Tech Drug Test


November 12 - Breaking into the Boys' Club


November 11 - Florida Voting Irregularity


November 11 - Herrin School Security


November 11 - Virgil Thomas


November 10 - Paws for the Cause


November 10 - Veterans' Day in Cairo


November 8 - Election Results


November 7 - The Joke Is On...


November 5 - Bridging Differences


November 4 - Making the Rounds...


November 3 - Battleground Galatia


November 3 - Illinois' Pension Nightmare


November 3 - Alexander County Commissioner


November 2 - More Wine, Please!


November 2 - The Latest on Late Test Scores


November 1 - Fat, Happy, Healthy & Vigorous


November 1 - IEA Political Endorsements


October 30 - St. Louis Edges Out Detroit...Bad!


October 30 - Black Cat Season


October 29 - One Hour On The Road


October 28 - Meet the Candidates...November 2nd


October 27 - Remembering Pat Lewis


October 27 - Captain Underpants


October 27 - Focus on Poor, Black IL Students


October 27 - Meeting Announcements


October 27 - Pulaski County Goes Cha-Ching!


October 26 - CHARGE!...No...Uh, Shields Up!


October 25 - F@#& You!


October 25 - What to Read...


October 25 - License to Steal


October 25 - Another Can of Worms


October 24 - Reading Wars


October 24 - Tutors R Cheap


October 24 - Armstrong Williams...In the News


October 23 - Buying Votes in Ohio?


October 23 - English Dinosaurs Awaken


October 23 - A Local View of NCLB


October 22 - Got COWs?


October 20 - Books As Shields


October 20 - Project Kitty City


October 20 - Are Virtual Science Labs Good Enough?


October 19 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


October 18 - Ignorance Is Bliss


October 18 - Hero Dog


October 17 - Another F Word...Freaking


October 17 - The F Word


October 15 - Teaching Students to Fight Back


October 15 - A Case of Poor Timing...


October 11 - Fuzzy, But Funner Math


October 10 - Ted Sanders on Teacher Education


October 10 - $4,000 Cat


October 9 - Visitors...


October 9 - California Dreamin'...Nightmare!


October 7 - DO Have A Cow, Man!


October 7 - Food Police


October 6 - But...I Didn't Inhale!


October 5 - IL to Miss Reporting Deadline


October 4 - NLRB Muddies Waters


October 3 - TV...A Vast Wasteland


October 2 - Another Shooting


October 2 - Special BOE Meeting


October 2 - Blow Out the...Carrots!


October 2 - Merit Pay in Texas


October 1 - "Scientifically Based Research"


September 30 - Another School Shooting


September 30 - New Membership Cards


September 30 - HOUSSE & Highly Qualified


September 29 - Vandalism at New KY School


September 29 - Dr. Robinson


September 29 - Horse-Drawn Tour


September 29 - Ed Tech Progress Report


September 28 - Bush vs Bush


September 28 - Legal Maneuvers in CT


September 28 - School Shooting in CO


September 27 - Poor Judgment?


September 27 - Special Prosecutor


September 26 - One-Stop College Shopping


September 26 - Warning, Warning, Warning


September 24 - SIU...On A Mission


September 23 - Politics First...Reading Second


September 23 - Cairo Citizen on Bennett Achievement


September 23 - Update: Cairo Biodiesel Plant


September 22 - High Costs of Special Education


September 22 - IL Gets Its Testing ACT Together


September 22 - USPS Spoils IL Tea Party


September 21 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


September 21 - Can You Say "Ruff"?


September 21 - NCLB "Nuclear Option"


September 21 - Columnist Disses "Diddy"


September 21 - Abandoned Cairo Hospital


September 20 - "Civic Health" Gap


September 20 - Teachers' Ed...A Wreck?


September 19 - Why "No Recommendation"...


September 19 - Campaign 2006


September 19 - For the Mathematically Inclined


September 18 - Accumulated Personal Leave Days


September 17 - IEA 2006 Gubernatorial Endorsement


September 15 - Survey Says...


September 14 - Special BOE Meeting


September 14 - Taxi!


September 14 - Cairo Mayor Wins A Round


September 13 - Mentoring for Principals


September 13 - Parental Involvement


September 13 - Kindergarten "Benchmarks & Descriptors"


September 13 - High School Dropouts


September 12 - Tentative Agreement in Detroit


September 12 - Traditional Math Wins War?


September 10 - Monday Showdown in Detroit


September 10 - Special Education Funding


September 9 - Duane "Street Preacher" Lyon


September 9 - Microsoft High School


September 8 - IEA Call to Action


September 7 - Detroit School Strike


September 7 - If the Shoe Fits...


September 7 - Attempted Abduction


September 6 - ECS Replaces CeRTS


September 5 - Chicago Public Schools


September 4 - Superintendent is "Mr. August"


September 4 - Wrongful Arrest in Cairo


September 3 - Election '06


September 3 - Galatia - Updated: 9/6/06


September 3 - Julia Steiny on "Highly Qualified"


September 3 - Food for Thought on Labor Day Weekend


September 2 - Public Not Buying Ivory Soap


September 1 - Giving the Shirts Off Their Backs


September 1 - Constituion 101


August 31 - Speaking With Forked Tongue


August 31 - An Ivory Tower


August 30 - Dr. Phil


August 30 - Short People...


August 30 - Old School


August 30 - Gas War in Western KY


August 29 - Detroit Teachers Vote to St...Stay Home


August 29 - Sex Education


August 29 - Cairo War Resumes...13 Casualties


August 27 - Education Web Sites


August 27 - Want to Write? Read


August 27 - Bi-County Fight Over Tri-County Jail


August 27 - Melting Pot Overflows


August 25 - Flagged for Display


August 25 - Op-Ed by Stanley Crouch


August 25 - Local News & Rumor


August 25 - Dunn Replacement Named


August 25 - Friday Night Lights...Out


August 24 - Every Eleven Years


August 24 - Ignoring Facts...FED Praises Charters


August 23 - More on Charter...Closer to Home


August 23 - D.C. Charter Experiment at 10 Years


August 23 - Belated Retirement Bonus


August 23 - What Was He Thinking?


August 21 - Ain't Too Proud to Beg!


August 21 - The Jitters


August 21 - Eyes on the Bling?


August 17 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


August 16 - ACT Scores Rise


August 16 - Proposed Cairo Biodiesel Plant


August 16 - Back-To-School Specials...


August 15 - ISAT...and Waited...Again


August 15 - Barack Obama Visits Cairo


August 15 - The First Brother


August 14 - Whatcha Gonna Wear?


August 13 - Who Ya Gonna Call?


August 13 - Cairo Music Festival


August 12 - Arbitrator Orders Rehiring


August 11 - Storm Causes Damage in Cairo


August 10 - Former Cairo Teacher Speaks Out...Cairo Library


August 10 - The Four R's


August 10 - Cairo City Council - Part I


August 9 - Poverty and the Achievement Gap


August 8 - Perkins Act Renewed


August 3 - CeRTS to be Replaced by ECS


August 3 - Staples Teacher Appreciation Day


August 3 - A "Poor Slob" Speaks Out...Cairo Wars


August 3 - Cairo School News


August 3 - Teacher Speaks Out...PSAE


August 1 - A (Small) Bite Out of Crime


August 1 - No More Pencils, No More Books


August 1 - USA Today Op-Ed Piece


July 29 - A Farewell To...Cats


July 29 - In God We Trust


July 29 - Ahhhh...Summers Off!


July 29 - Weaver on NCLB


July 28 - Greenades


July 28 - Show Me a Sign


July 28 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


July 27 - "Well, Duh!" Research


July 27 - Raising the Bar in Chicago


July 26 - Larry Morris Obituary


July 26 - "Preschool for All"


July 26 - Cairo City Budget Battle


July 26 - Special Cairo BOE Meetings


July 25 - NCLB - Tougher Enforcement


July 24 - Sad News


July 23 - Separation of Church and...College


July 23 - Dress Code...Detroit Style


July 23 - Whassup, Dawg?


July 23 - Setting A Higher Standard


July 20 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


July 19 - Cairo Town Meeting


July 19 - From "Flat Tax" to "Flat Salary"


July 19 - Legal Protection of Pets


July 19 - New Republican Voucher Scam


July 18 - BIG Jump in Chicago Test Scores


July 18 - NCLB...Where C=CAT


July 18 - Kenny Johnson on BCBS


July 17 - Nuclear Option in Columbus


July 16 - New Digs for 773


July 15 - Excellent PUBLIC Education News


July 14 - Upheaval at CJSHS!


July 14 - No Family Left Behind


July 14 - Healthy or Smart...A Conflict?


July 13 - New Kentucky Traffic Law


July 13 - Showdown at the K-Ro Corral?


July 12 - Liar, Liar...


July 12 - Moving Vans at CJSHS?


July 12 - Merit Pay at SIU-C?


July 9 - Dion Real


July 8 - Open Letter from Cairo Mayor


July 7 - Buy/Sell Lesson Plans


July 5 - Possible Gay Teachings Spark Threats


July 4 - DAY 3 of the NEA RA


July 4 - NEA Will Lobby to Fix NCLB


July 4 - Merger...Back in the Day