Cairo Association of Teachers - Archive15

CAT Tracks for the 2011-12 School Year



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June 30 - CSD Legal Expenses


June 30 - Cairo Murals...Progress Plus


June 29 - The James Gibson Settlement Agreement


June 29 - Cairo Murals


June 29 - Special BOE Meeting...Notice & Agenda


June 28 - IL Teacher Basic-Skills Test


June 25 - SI Reports on Cairo Murals


June 25 - Regular FOP Meeting...Minutes


June 25 - Student Shaming


June 24 - SI Editorial...Pension Reform


June 24 - CHS 1979 Egypti


June 23 - Cairo Riverwall Mural...Update


June 22 - Cairo Demolition...Phase III


June 22 - Mounds Stop & Shop


June 21 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


June 21 - Cairo ER


June 20 - Benefits of Exercise


June 20 - First-Ever NAEP Science Results


June 19 - Open Letter to President Obama


June 19 - Stockholm Syndrome


June 19 - More On Pension-Funding Crisis


June 16 - Valerie Strauss...Viewing Displeasure


June 16 - Riverwall Mural Project...Update


June 16 - CHS 1978 Egypti


June 15 - Pop Quiz On Testing


June 15 - Impact of Poverty on Education


June 15 - Cairo Riverwall Mural Project


June 13 - Academic Fraud


June 13 - Cairo Water District


June 12 - GSR


June 12 - The Sham of Standardized Testing


June 9 - Self-Pitying Tantrum


June 9 - So You Think You're Special


June 9 - CHS 1977 Egypti...Bits & Pieces


June 8 - CHSAA Update


June 6 - Mitt Romney...Ad Nauseam


June 5 - Sad News


June 4 - Jim Tammen


June 4 - IL General Assembly


June 2 - CHS 1976 Egypti...Bits & Pieces


June 1 - RIP: EUGENE J. POLLEY


June 1 - John Wilson on Mitt Romney


June 1 - Good News...Bad News II


May 31 - Good News...Bad News


May 31 - Shy or Introverted?


May 30 - More On Pension Push


May 30 - Mike Bost 'Erupts in Fury'


May 30 - Reality Check


May 30 - Wasting Time


May 29 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


May 29 - Pension Update...Call to Action


May 29 - Special FOP Meeting


May 29 - Vindication Is Mine


May 27 - About Last Friday...


May 27 - CHS 1974 Egypti


May 26 - Gail Collins on Mitt Romney


May 25 - Do Unto Others


May 25 - Professional Development


May 25 - CHS 1973 Egypti...Bits & Pieces


May 25 - Strauss on Romney


May 24 - No Forced Teaching Until 67


May 24 - A Friend In Need


May 23 - ROE Reduction


May 23 - Wall Street & Public Education


May 23 - IL to End Scholarship Program


May 23 - Dirty Tricks


May 22 - Regular FOP Meeting...Minutes


May 19 - Shaved Head Spurs School Suspension


May 19 - CHS 1972 Egypti...Bits & Pieces


May 18 - Woe Is ROE...Again


May 18 - CHS Letters of Intent


May 18 - Let There Be...Dark!


May 17 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


May 17 - SCC OFFERS 45 CPDUs


May 17 - CSD Public Hearing


May 17 - IL Pension War Escalating


May 15 - Pension 'Fast-Tracking'


May 13 - Early Intervention


May 12 - CHS 1971 Egypti...Bits & Pieces


May 12 - Micro-Managing Education


May 12 - Overcompensating for Racial Prejudice


May 12 - CHS 1975 Egypti


May 11 - Club Elite Shooting


May 11 - PERA Webinar...'Minutes'


May 11 - CHS TECH Team


May 9 - I Am Not Alone


May 9 - A Dinosaur Stun Gun


May 9 - Not-So-Great Expectations


May 9 - PERA Webinar


May 8 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


May 8 - Teacher Appreciation Week


May 6 - Advanced Placement


May 5 - CHS 1985 Egypti


May 4 - TMI


May 4 - Thank God It's Friday!


May 4 - Heads Up


May 3 - Marion Unit 2


May 3 - Cairo Shows Appreciation


May 2 - "Multiplication Is For White People"


May 2 - 'Flipped' in Gallatin County


April 30 - Special BOE-FOP Meeting...Minutes


April 30 - Dangerous Sleep Disorder


April 29 - CHS 2001 Egypti


April 28 - Privatization of Education


April 27 - Cairo House Fire


April 27 - Finland Versus United States


April 27 - Pension Petition


April 27 - Guilty Pleas in Cairo Arson


April 26 - CHS Baseball


April 25 - 'Pineapplegate'


April 25 - Giving Students a Stake


April 25 - Pension Update


April 25 - CHSAA Says 'Thank You'


April 25 - Travel Advisory...Ohio River Bridge


April 24 - CSD 2009 Yearbook


April 24 - Back When I Went to School


April 24 - Sixty-Seven Days To Go...


April 23 - Joint BOE-FOP Meeting...Minutes


April 22 - Do You Know Me?


April 22 - CHS 1995 Egypti


April 22 - Valerie Strauss...A Two-Fer


April 22 - East St. Louis BOE Falls


April 21 - SIEC 2012 Youth Day...Updated


April 21 - Local Head Start Providers


April 21 - 'Public Pension Stabilization Plan'


April 20 - New in Cairo


April 20 - Easter Bunny Visits CES


April 19 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


April 19 - Between Two Rivers...Update


April 19 - TRS Under Attack


April 18 - Not Since Cat Juggling


April 18 - A Day in the Life


April 18 - New Push for School Consolidation


April 18 - Ravitch on Rhee


April 17 - Special BOE Hearing/Meeting


April 16 - Song of the Day


April 16 - Failing Media


April 15 - O(MG) Canada


April 15 - CHS Egypti...1930


April 14 - CHS 1990 Egypti


April 14 - Girl Had Curves


April 14 - Nerds Just Want to Have Fun


April 13 - Call to Action


April 13 - Honoring Service, Sacrifice


April 13 - CHS Alumni Host "Oldtimers Classic"


April 13 - CES Eagles Show(n) Teeth


April 13 - CHS National Honor Society


April 13 - Not Since the Riverboat


April 12 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


April 12 - CHS Egypti...1980


April 12 - Pension Finger Pointing


April 11 - CHS Egypti...1970


April 11 - The Three Amigos


April 11 - Reminder of Upcoming Events


April 8 - "Do-Over" in Wisconsin


April 8 - Cairo Pays Tribute


April 7 - Masters of Excuses


April 6 - Balloons Bursting in Air


April 6 - Cairo Drivers License Facility


April 6 - CES Principal...In the News


April 6 - Cairo Students...In the News


April 5 - Guided Instruction


April 5 - The Cat Ate My Homework


April 5 - Free The Teacher...


April 4 - Cancel Scott Walker's Speech


April 4 - TRIP Fact Sheet


April 4 - Teacher Pension Update...MUST READ!


April 4 - Let Them Chew Gum


April 4 - Teacher Tenure


April 3 - R-Rated Column


April 3 - Homework, Homework


April 3 - Superman Ain't Comin'


April 2 - Threat to IL TRS


March 30 - Mississippi River Commission


March 28 - Remember the Alamo


March 28 - Conspiracy Theory


March 28 - I Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts


March 27 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


March 27 - Special FOP Meeting...Agenda


March 27 - IDES in March


March 27 - Travel Advisory...Ohio River Bridge


March 25 - Parent-Teacher Conferences


March 25 - Impact of Teacher Turnover


March 25 - No Joy in Schoolville


March 24 - IL Chamber of Commerce


March 23 - The Relationship School


March 23 - CJSHS: In the News


March 22 - Latest TRIP Information


March 22 - The Boss: State of the Union


March 21 - Republicans With A Brain II


March 21 - Another Teacher Survey


March 21 - School Consolidation


March 21 - Republicans With A Brain


March 20 - Petition: Dump Arne Duncan


March 18 - State of the Pensions


March 18 - Lean Finely Textured Beef


March 18 - Lean Finely Textured Beef


March 18 - Stitch in Time Program


March 17 - Speaking of House Fires


March 17 - Fire Damages Cairo Home


March 17 - Regular FOP Meeting...Agenda


March 17 - Speaking of Green


March 17 - Top O' the Mornin' to Ya!


March 16 - Cairo Drivers License Facility


March 16 - IL to Join "Shaming" of Teachers?


March 16 - CSD #1 - Help Wanted...REALLLY!


March 16 - National Beta Club Scholarship Program


March 15 - Teach for America's Wendy Kopp


March 14 - Where Is the Outrage?


March 14 - John Wilson on Teacher Morale


March 14 - Regular BOE Minutes...Agenda


March 13 - iCat


March 11 - Are You Sleepier Than A 5th Grader?


March 10 - Is This the One?


March 10 - A Cure for Racism?


March 9 - Suspicious Cairo Fire


March 9 - It's the Law


March 9 - CHS Beta Club...February Doin's


March 7 - Malevolent Missive


March 6 - Mr. Miller's Rose Garden


March 6 - Remember Steve Tilley?


March 5 - Special BOE-FOP Meeting...Minutes


March 3 - IEA Capitol Report


March 2 - Mississippi River Bridge at Cairo


March 1 - A Civil Right to Unionize


March 1 - Early Oscar Buzz


February 29 - The Cairo Showing


February 29 - Social Conservatism...It's the Pitts!


February 29 - Voice of the Southern...On TRIP Cutting


February 29 - Cairo: The Movie...REMINDER!


February 28 - Flipped Classroom


February 28 - Rick Santorum & Education


February 28 - Much Ado About A Dress Code


February 28 - Publicly Ranking Teachers


February 27 - Arne Duncan & Michelle Rhee


February 27 - Cairo: The Movie...A View From MO


February 27 - TRIP


February 26 - Cairo: The Movie...Another View(ing)


February 25 - Leonard Pitts On Lin-sanity


February 25 - A Debate...PLEASE!


February 25 - Cairo: The Movie


February 24 - Another Education Reform Movie


February 24 - Educational Consultants


February 24 - Charter Schools...'Fine'


February 24 - Between Two Rivers


February 23 - This One's For The Geezers


February 23 - Bill Gates & Public Shaming


February 22 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


February 22 - Public Service Announcement


February 20 - Like Lemmings to the Sea


February 20 - Every Day in Every Way


February 18 - An Affair to Remember


February 17 - Regular FOP Meeting...Minutes


February 17 - A Belated Valentine's Day Present


February 17 - Front Page News


February 16 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


February 16 - Brave New World


February 15 - Smart Investment


February 15 - Show Me The Money


February 15 - An App Too Far


February 14 - Between Two Rivers


February 13 - Defecation of Character


February 13 - Ravitch: Just Say No


February 13 - Waiting to Exclaim


February 12 - All Around the Town


February 12 - Another Right-Wing Democrat


February 12 - Whitney Houston...Rest In Peace


February 11 - Rick Hess...Straight Up


February 11 - Honey or Vinegar?


February 10 - The Other Achievement Gap


February 10 - CHS WYSE Team Competes at SCC


February 10 - CES Exceptional Eagles


February 9 - FOIA Request...Gibson Case...Part II


February 8 - FOIA Request...James Gibson Case


February 7 - Superintendent Search...Correction


February 6 - The CSD #1 Central Office...


February 5 - Super Showdown


February 4 - Value-Added Teacher Evaluation


February 3 - Right-to-Work Laws


February 3 - Cairo Junior High Boys To State


February 2 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


February 2 - Irresistible


February 2 - Pension Update


February 2 - Competition in Education


February 2 - Tongue Wagging


February 1 - Funding IL Teacher Pensions


January 31 - Reform Math


January 31 - School Choice


January 31 - Deadbeat Illinois...Shifting Burdens


January 30 - Sheila Simon on College Readiness


January 29 - Oscar Buzz


January 28 - The Apple of Their Eyes


January 28 - SIU's Poshard Takes Exception


January 28 - When We Were Terrorists


January 28 - Cairo High School Beta Club


January 27 - Special BOE Meeting...Agenda


January 27 - IL Supreme Court to Hear School Funding Case


January 27 - Are Republicans Dumb?


January 27 - Addressing High School Dropouts


January 27 - Cairo River Mural Project Donations


January 27 - CHS Beta Club Visits Daystar


January 26 - What's Wrong With Politics Today?


January 26 - Obama's Flawed Education Address


January 26 - IL School Report Cards


January 25 - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels


January 24 - For Math CATs?


January 23 - Valerie Strauss Has Eye On Newt


January 21 - Regular FOP Meeting...Agenda


January 20 - Regular BOE Meeting...Aftermath


January 20 - Drive Without Texting


January 19 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


January 19 - Simon Says


January 19 - Today's Misleading Headline


January 19 - Putting It Bluntly


January 18 - Group Attacks MO Teacher Tenure


January 18 - US 60/62 Cairo-MO Bridge Update


January 17 - Rick Santorum on Education


January 16 - False Praise


January 16 - MLK Jr. Digital Archive


January 15 - CHS Scholar Bowl Team Participates


January 14 - CAT Journal...The Day After


January 13 - COUNTDOWN CATs


January 13 - CAT Journal...Friday the 13th


January 12 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


January 12 - A Poetic Farewell


January 12 - Friday the 13th...Disclaimer


January 12 - Talk About Timing


January 12 - CNN...Programming Notes


January 10 - Word for the Day: Surreal


January 10 - Stupidity, Insanity...You Name It!


January 9 - The Countdown


January 9 - What Were They Thinking?


January 8 - IL School Consolidation


January 8 - PD for Dinosaurs


January 8 - Romney, Santorum, Paul...On Education


January 7 - Laughter Is The Best Medicine


January 7 - Special BOE-FOP Meeting...Minutes


January 6 - Cell Phone Use While Driving in IL


January 6 - Lagging Effects of 'Online Schools'


January 6 - Lasting Effects of 'Good Teachers'


January 5 - Cairo-Wickliffe Bridge Reopens


January 4 - Coo, Coo, Ca-Choo


January 4 - A Decade of NCLB


January 4 - Charter Schools


January 3 - Opening a Can of Worms


December 31 - Disposing of Electronics in 2012


December 30 - New Illinois Laws For 2012


December 27 - Christmas in Cairo...1861


December 27 - Bus Fire in Cairo


December 25 - I Just Dropped In...


December 24 - Twas the Night Before Christmas


December 23 - IL Receives Christmas Present


December 23 - What Were They Thinking?


December 23 - Looking Back...Education in 2011


December 23 - Cairo Schools...In the News


December 22 - Twas the Week Before Christmas


December 19 - 50 Grand Exits


December 18 - Speaking of Washington Avenue


December 18 - New Trees in Cairo


December 18 - Give Me Five!!!!!


December 17 - Union Animus


December 16 - CHS Beta Club...Update to Earlier Post


December 16 - CJSHS October Students of the Month


December 16 - River Wall Mural Project


December 16 - Wishing You A Happy Holiday


December 15 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


December 15 - IL Blinks...Sears Wins


December 15 - La La Land


December 14 - A Really, Really Bad Idea


December 14 - NTSB: Ban Driver Cell Phone Use


December 12 - Between Two Rivers


December 12 - How to Handle Loopholes


December 12 - Ho Ho Hum


December 11 - La La Land


December 10 - Blowing in the Wind


December 9 - Cairo Mayor...Letter to the Editor


December 9 - Exceptional Eagles


December 9 - River Wall Mural Project


December 8 - Obituary: Ola Mae Grigsby


December 8 - Collecting School Debts


December 7 - Stupid Is As Stupid Does


December 7 - Cynical or Clueless?


December 7 - Do You Believe in Miracles?


December 7 - Consolidation Controversy Continues


December 6 - Test Scores and Pork Bellies


December 6 - Eye On Newt


December 6 - How to Rescue Education Reform


December 5 - The Math of Kahn


December 5 - The State of Education


December 4 - K12 Inc...No Laughing Matter


December 3 - John Wilson Unleashed


December 3 - Former TFA Recruiter Blasts TFA


December 2 - Baldwin Is Back


December 2 - The Truth Is Out There


December 2 - CHS Beta Club Daystar Visit


December 2 - Cairo Elementary Reading Night


December 1 - Charter Schools


December 1 - Teach for America


November 30 - Will the Cards Align?


November 30 - IL Joins Science Standards Project


November 30 - Coming Soon...


November 29 - It Don't Come Easy


November 29 - Insanity Begets Insanity


November 28 - 'Event Boundary'


November 28 - I Do Believe...I Do Believe


November 28 - Cyber Monday Special


November 27 - Local School Finances


November 25 - Darrel Dexter to Sign Books


November 25 - If It Walks Like A Duck...


November 24 - Culture of Honor...Tim & Regina Brown


November 24 - Happy 45th Anniversary


November 24 - CHS Seniors Recognized for PSAE Scores


November 24 - CHS Team to Appear on Scholastic Hi-Q


November 24 - CHS Beta Club Inducts New Members


November 24 - CAT: Let's Paint That Wall!


November 22 - 11/22/63


November 21 - Joint BOE-FOP Meeting...Minutes


November 21 - Not-So-Super Committee


November 20 - Southern IL Ghost Town: Dewmaine


November 20 - Best Practices...In Parenting


November 19 - Forget ISAT...It's ICAT


November 19 - Is the GOP Wising Up?


November 17 - Let's Clean Our City


November 16 - Weather Forecast for New Orleans


November 16 - Regular FOP Meeting...Agenda


November 15 - CSD October Legal Bills


November 15 - Dear John...


November 14 - Thank You...Whomever Ye Be


November 14 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


November 13 - Talkin' Trash in Cairo


November 12 - American Education Week


November 11 - The 11th Day of the 11th Month


November 11 - Squirrels


November 11 - Pay Plan Passed for ROE Chiefs


November 11 - Captiol Report for November


November 11 - Pensions Successfully Defended


November 10 - Latest Illinois Pension News


November 10 - Citizen - Letter to the Editor


November 10 - CHS Students Attend SEMO Tech Showcase


November 10 - CHS Beta Club...Safe Driving Grant


November 10 - Cairo Pre-School Activities


November 9 - SIU-C Strike Over


November 9 - Cairo River Wall Project


November 9 - God Bless Ohio


November 9 - CHS Beta Club Induction Ceremony


November 8 - SIU-C Faculty Strike Continues


November 8 - Groucho Effect


November 6 - 2011: A Space Odyssey


November 5 - Digital Delights & Dilemmas


November 5 - Garfield Knows All...Tells All


November 5 - Diane Ravitch: A New Chapter


November 4 - CJSHS Students of the Month


November 4 - CHS Beta Club Visits Daystar


November 4 - CSD ISAT Celebrations


November 4 - Tribute: Ronnie & Jeannine Woods


November 3 - Saturday Concerts


November 3 - SIU-C...FA Announces Strike


November 3 - Drip, Drip, Drip


November 2 - To Arms, To Arms...


October 31 - Happy Halloween


October 31 - Investment Model


October 30 - Back to the Future


October 29 - Pattons Walk the Walk


October 29 - Education...A Political Sword?


October 29 - Cairo Levee Repairs Begin


October 28 - Still 'NO' on Regional Superintendents


October 28 - Going Once...Going Twice


October 28 - The Citizen...Cairo Levee Work


October 28 - CHS College and Career Fair


October 28 - CE Fall Festival


October 28 - CHS Business Law Tour


October 27 - Egyptian High School II


October 27 - Negotiations Update


October 26 - Just Say No


October 26 - Diane's "Ode to NCLB"


October 26 - Egyptian High School


October 25 - Ode to NCLB


October 25 - Before & After...Part 3


October 25 - Downtown Demolition...Done


October 25 - $6.6 Million Cairo Levee Repair


October 24 - High Anxiety


October 22 - Before & After...Part 2


October 22 - Cairo Public Library


October 22 - Balls and Strikes


October 21 - Singing and Dancing


October 21 - Operation Teen Driving Program


October 21 - Donation to CE Library


October 21 - I Am "Somebody"


October 20 - CSD #1...New Superintendent Search


October 20 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


October 20 - IL Legislature...Veto Session


October 20 - It's the Pitts


October 19 - Negotiations Update


October 19 - Special FOP Planning Meeting


October 19 - Chicago Tribune Op-Ed


October 19 - Cairo BOE...October Bills


October 18 - Neither Snow Nor Rain...


October 18 - Before & After...Part 1


October 18 - And a CAT Shall Lead Them


October 16 - Sunday Morning Coming Down


October 14 - USS Cairo Mural...Update


October 14 - Culture of Honor


October 14 - CSD Red Ribbon Week


October 14 - CHS Beta Club


October 14 - Negotiations Update


October 13 - Politically Incorrect


October 12 - Crimeus Completus


October 12 - Economic Philosophy 201


October 12 - CSD...'Youth on the Move'


October 11 - Eugene Robinson...Occupy Wall Street


October 11 - The Bottom Line


October 11 - Travel Advisory


October 9 - First New Cairo House Since...


October 9 - "There Comes A Time..."


October 8 - Without Question


October 8 - A Day in Question


October 7 - TV Guide...Chris Jackson


October 7 - Negotiations Update


October 7 - CAT Tracks...Sports Page


October 7 - CSD Public Notice...Superintendent Search


October 7 - Cairo Citizen: Smith & Groves Fire


October 7 - Cairo Citizen: CHS...'In The News'


October 6 - Negotiations Update


October 5 - Fire Destroys K.J. Nap


October 4 - Negotiations Update - After


October 4 - Negotiations Update - Before


October 3 - High Road...Low Road


October 3 - After The Thrill Is Gone


October 1 - 3rd SIU Union Authorizes Strike


September 30 - Walk to School Day


September 30 - What A Difference...


September 30 - The GOP on K-12 Education


September 30 - Cairo Citizen...USS Cairo Mural


September 30 - CHS Students Visit Cybercave at MSU


September 29 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


September 29 - Cairo Riverboat Days


September 29 - Downtown Demolition...700-800 Block


September 29 - Valerie Strauss Takes Exception


September 29 - Negotiations Update


September 29 - USS Cairo Mural...Update


September 28 - Another Cairo Fire


September 28 - Still Crazy...


September 27 - USS Cairo...Gets 'Nose Job'


September 26 - L’esprit de l’escalier


September 24 - The Writing on the Wall


September 24 - For Math Teachers/Lovers


September 24 - Ho Hum, Mr. President


September 23 - Demolition - Day 4...Clean & Repair


September 23 - Homecoming...in on Wheels


September 23 - USS Cairo Mural...Update


September 23 - Capaha Bank Donates School Supplies


September 22 - ER: CAIRO


September 22 - Demolition - Day 3...Moving South


September 21 - Demolition - Day 2...Down & Done


September 20 - Cairo Downtown Demolition Resumes


September 20 - A Cesspool of Character Assassination


September 20 - CHESI in Cairo


September 19 - Regular FOP Meeting...Agenda/Minutes


September 19 - A Sporting Chance


September 18 - Power to the People


September 16 - Welcome to Our World


September 16 - Rotarians Donate Dictionaries


September 16 - CHS Beta Club


September 15 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


September 15 - The Prodigal Cat


September 15 - CSD #1...We Have A Problem


September 14 - "Skunky" Ravitch


September 14 - New IL Truancy Law


September 13 - Lovely Rita


September 13 - Regular BOE Meeting...Agenda


September 12 - Up and At 'Em


September 12 - Calculator vs Handheld


September 12 - Cairo: 150 Years Ago


September 9 - Straw Bury Fields Forever


September 8 - Back in the Day...WAY BACK!


September 8 - Not-So-Sweet Home Alabama


September 8 - Oh What A Beautiful Morning...


September 8 - Not Your Grandma's Kindergarten


September 7 - Public Accountability


September 6 - Now That's What I'm Talkin' About


September 5 - SI: Thumbs Down on ROE


September 4 - Overnight Shooting in Cairo


September 4 - Cairo All Class Reunion


September 4 - Demolition Update


September 4 - Bells & Whistles


September 3 - A Tribute


September 2 - USS Cairo Mural...Update


September 2 - TRIP Health Coverage


September 2 - The Citizen: Downtown Demolition


September 1 - Obituary: Sandra Bernadette Hopkins


September 1 - USS Cairo Mural


August 31 - "Class Warfare"


August 30 - Raiders of the Lost Vault


August 29 - Once Again...


August 28 - An Informal Education


August 28 - A Mickey Mouse Education


August 28 - Two Cairo Men Sentenced


August 28 - Downtown Demolition Update


August 27 - Cairo Topix...To: "REPUBLICAN"


August 27 - Truth and Controversy


August 27 - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know...


August 27 - It's Official


August 26 - Two Teachers and a Microphone


August 26 - Survey Says...


August 26 - Hey, Brother...


August 26 - CHS Beta Club


August 25 - Always the Hard Way


August 25 - On Teaching Math


August 24 - Janet Ulrich...on ROE Funding Dispute


August 24 - Thumbs Down on City of Cairo


August 24 - Thumbs Down on CSD #1


August 24 - His Royal Heinous


August 23 - Area Art and Music Cuts


August 23 - Cairo House Fire...Accidental


August 23 - The Devil Is In The Details


August 22 - Interim Superintendent Contract Agreement


August 22 - FOP & BOE Meetings...Minutes


August 22 - Dance With the Devil


August 22 - Fort Defiance


August 20 - Down in the Valley


August 20 - Arne Duncan...Attack Dog


August 20 - IL Regional School Chiefs File Lawsuit


August 19 - I-66 Feasibility Study Approved


August 19 - Negotiations Update


August 18 - Tossed Cookies


August 18 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes...


August 18 - Bridge to Nowhere


August 18 - 'The Help'


August 17 - Don't Leave Home...


August 17 - CSD 2011-2012 Budget


August 17 - Regular BOE Meeting


August 16 - Way Down in the Hole


August 16 - New IL School Law


August 16 - Battle Over Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway


August 16 - Tossed Salad


August 15 - Early CAT Special


August 15 - The Perry-Obama Education Fight


August 13 - Pre-Razing Video of Cairo


August 13 - Teacher Turnover


August 12 - Turf War


August 11 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


August 11 - Through the Looking Glass


August 11 - The Sad Truth Too...


August 11 - Duncan Dollars


August 11 - A Sad Truth


August 10 - Razing Cairo Update


August 10 - Negotiations Update


August 9 - Special BOE Meeting


August 9 - Movin' On Up...to the East Side


August 9 - Strong-Arm Reform


August 8 - Another Attack on Public Education


August 8 - Much Ado About Nothing


August 6 - Restaurant Opening Delayed


August 6 - Reading...States Target Early Years


August 6 - CSD 2011-2012 School Calendar


August 5 - Stocking Stuffer


August 5 - Cairo Arson Suspects


August 5 - Tomb Raiders


August 4 - Negotiations Update


August 4 - Latest News on TRIP


August 2 - A Little Ripple of Hope


August 2 - MO Sales Tax Holiday Weekend


JULY 31 - For the Love of Money


JULY 31 - Better to Laugh Than Cry


JULY 30 - Save Our Schools March


JULY 29 - It's the Effing Elderly, Stupid!


JULY 29 - CSD Back to School Ad


JULY 29 - SOS March on Washington


JULY 28 - Cairo FOP Meeting in Goreville Canceled


JULY 28 - Cairo School District...Staff Day


JULY 28 - What's It All About, Alfie?


JULY 28 - CSD TI - August 16...Agenda


JULY 28 - CSD TI - August 15...Agenda


JULY 28 - Today's Dumb Idea


JULY 27 - Travel Advisory


JULY 27 - BOE Puts Screws to Teachers


JULY 27 - Negotiations Update


JULY 26 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


JULY 26 - Travel Advisory


JULY 26 - A Sign


JULY 26 - While Gates Fiddled


JULY 25 - Regular FOP Meeting...Minutes


JULY 24 - The Danger in Zealotry


JULY 24 - Don't Tread On Me


JULY 22 - Let Them Take Tests


JULY 21 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


JULY 21 - CSD #1 Tailgate Party


JULY 21 - Danger...Warning...Heat Advisory


JULY 21 - Arbitrator Rules Against Quinn


JULY 20 - Our Broken Escalator


JULY 20 - Still Flooding...


JULY 20 - Title I...Funding Flexibility Act


JULY 18 - Crimeus Interruptus


JULY 18 - The Wickliffe Mounds


JULY 14 - There Are Lies


JULY 14 - Randi's Rhetoric


JULY 13 - Sanctity of Contract


JULY 13 - Cairo Man Pleads Guilty


JULY 13 - It Was A Very Good Year


JULY 11 - Hypnotist Principal


JULY 10 - FEMA Reopens Cairo Office


JULY 10 - Quinn Signs 3 New Education Bills


JULY 10 - Summer Recreation Program


JULY 9 - Curses...Foiled Again


JULY 9 - Brooks v. Ravitch


JULY 9 - Behind the Curtain


JULY 9 - Cursive...Foiled Again


JULY 9 - IL ROEs...Open for Business


JULY 7 - Review of 2011 NEA Convention


JULY 7 - Revolution


JULY 7 - In Illinois...The 2 R's


JULY 7 - Reaping What You Sow


JULY 5 - Open Letter to Arne Duncan


JULY 5 - New Illinois Laws


JULY 5 - Cairo...Disaster Loan Center


JULY 3 - Into Africa


JULY 3 - Click It or Ticket II


JULY 2 - Click It or Ticket


JULY 2 - Quinn Cancels Negotiated Raises


JULY 2 - No Pay for Regional Superintendents


JULY 1 - 2011 NEA Convention


JULY 1 - Ode to Weeds


JULY 1 - Babbling Brooks