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CAT Tracks for the 2012-13 School Year



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June 28 - Well Excuuuuuse Me...


June 28 - Pension Update...Ho Hum


June 26 - Virtual Kindergarten


June 26 - Latest International Education Report


June 25 - The Future of Fair Labor


June 24 - So Have You Tried Chester's Chicken?


June 23 - Cairo Riverwall Mural Project...Update


June 21 - Regular BOE Meeting...Agenda Plus


June 20 - Illinois Pension Update


June 19 - Two Officers Hurt Along I-57


June 18 - IL Pension Reform...Looking Bad


June 15 - Cairo-Wickliffe Bridge Restrictions


June 13 - Save Money...Cancel Special Session


June 13 - Update on Meridian Elementary


June 12 - Mold Closes Meridian Elementary School


June 12 - Early Retirement Option (ERO)


June 12 - 'Education Declaration'


June 12 - IL Pension Reform...Plan C?


June 11 - Scandals...What's #1?


June 11 - Grouping Students By Ability...Counterpoint


June 10 - Grouping Students By Ability


June 10 - DE Governor Lashes Out at Tea Party


June 8 - Diane Ravitch Versus Ben Austin


June 7 - Behind the Curtain of School Reform


June 7 - Pension Reform...Try, Try Again


June 7 - Cairo Murals...Spring Painting


June 6 - Power to the (Little) People


June 6 - Flood Control Near Cairo


June 5 - A Woman's Place


June 5 - Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast


June 5 - Illinois Pension Reform


June 4 - IMSA: Hogwarts for Hackers


June 3 - Changing Cairo Landscape II


June 3 - Changing Cairo Landscape


June 2 - PSA...What is Lupus?


June 2 - Book Banning


June 2 - Summer Brain Drain


June 1 - General Assembly Adjourns


May 31 - The Cairo Citizen...May 30th


May 31 - Senate Rejects Madigan Pension Reform Plan


May 30 - Easy As 1, 2, 3


May 30 - Guest Rant


May 30 - Arne Duncan's Record of "Success"


May 30 - Cairo Women's Shelter...Updated


May 29 - Stop Fed Ed


May 25 - What Does Cost Shift Mean?


May 25 - The Cairo Citizen...May 23rd


May 24 - Can You Hear Me Now?


May 24 - IL Unveils 6-12 Math Coursework


May 24 - Everything I Loved About Teaching...


May 23 - Sex Education in IL


May 22 - What Did the President Know?


May 22 - More on Alexander County Courthouse


May 21 - Alexander County Courthouse Damaged...Updated


May 21 - Student-Centered Classroom


May 21 - Cairo-Wickliffe Bridge Meetings


May 20 - 8th Street...The Quiz


May 20 - GPO & WEP


May 19 - 8TH Street...A Couple of Hints


May 19 - Obituary: Kenneth Farris


May 19 - Things That Make You Go...


May 19 - CHS TECH Team


May 18 - Short-Streeted


May 18 - Finally...U.S. Students Are #1


May 17 - You Say You Want A Revolution


May 16 - Debunking Education Reform Myths


May 15 - So You Wannabe God


May 14 - Regular BOE Meeting...Agenda Plus


May 13 - Hysterical Commencement Speeches


May 13 - More on the Flipped Classroom


May 12 - SB 2404...An Explanation


May 11 - CHS TECH Team Redux


May 11 - CSD...In The Cairo Citizen


May 8 - More on IL Pension Fight


May 7 - National Teacher Day


May 7 - We Are One...SB 2404


May 7 - IL Pension Fight...Madigan v Cullerton


May 7 - Cairo-Wickliffe Bridge Public Meetings


May 6 - Stop the Madness II


May 6 - Stop the Madness


May 6 - CHS TECH Team to Present Tourism Video


May 5 - School Closed...Sun Day


May 5 - Cairo 6th-Grade Holocaust Project


May 4 - This Is Only A Drill


May 4 - "We're Number Umpteenth!"


May 3 - Yet Another Cairo Fire


May 3 - Hospital Tests


May 3 - Pension Bill Passes IL House


May 3 - The Cairo Citizen...May 2nd


May 2 - A Defense of Arne Duncan


May 2 - Breaking Pension News


May 1 - Latest Pension News


April 30 - Fair Employment and Dismissal Procedures


April 29 - You Don't Say


April 29 - Obama's First-Term Mess


April 29 - Knock Knock


April 28 - CHS...in the News


April 28 - Special BOE Meeting


April 27 - Michelle Rhee: Radical


April 26 - Cairo Family Mourns


April 26 - Special BOE Meeting


April 25 - STEM Myth?


April 25 - Missing Cairo Woman's Body Found


April 23 - FOP Says Good-Bye


April 21 - In the Beginning...1845


April 20 - NHS 2013 Induction Ceremony


April 19 - Regular BOE Meeting...Agenda Plus


April 18 - Schizoid Parties


April 18 - Conspiracy Theory


April 18 - CSD 2013-14 Calendar...Revisited


April 17 - Stop HB 3411


April 17 - Oh, my God


April 17 - Dinner and uh, uh...


April 16 - Evaluation Insanity...Challenged


April 16 - Police Investigate Cairo Stabbing


April 14 - OMG...George F. Will?


April 13 - Teachers: Will We Ever Learn?


April 13 - What Did Michelle Rhee Know?


April 13 - Apartment Fire in Cairo


April 13 - SOL


April 12 - Mr. Arne Duncan


April 12 - Slashing Pre-K Funding


April 11 - Obama's Proposed Education Budget


April 11 - Dear Barry...Really


April 10 - Cairo BOE Election...Results


April 10 - Latest Pension News


April 9 - Kindergarten Kut


April 9 - Armed and Dangerous


April 7 - NCLB?


April 7 - CHS...in the News


April 5 - Clowns to the Left of Me


April 5 - The Straw


April 5 - Dear John


April 4 - Rejected and Bitter


April 4 - We Shall Overcome, Someday


April 4 - Road to Ruin


April 4 - Not Your Grandmother's Kindergarten


April 3 - My Little (Global) School


April 3 - Miracle in Memphis


April 2 - Standardized Test Racket


April 2 - Missing Cairo Woman


April 2 - Freedom Loses One


April 2 - Cairo BOE Election...Meet the Candidates


March 31 - Pardon the Paws...Updated


March 31 - School Reform Run Amok


March 30 - Missing Cairo Woman


March 30 - Atlanta Cheating Scandal


March 29 - Cairo Computer Students


March 29 - "It Protects Me"


March 28 - School Calendars


March 28 - FOP Meeting...Agenda


March 27 - You can run...


March 27 - Mental Health Days


March 26 - Latest Pension News


March 25 - Regular BOE Meeting...Agenda Plus


February 25- Cairo BOE Election


February 25- 'Dead' at 49?


February 23- Charlotte Danielson


February 23- Only in America


March 23 - Breaking Pension News


March 23 - Cairo Bridge Closure


March 22 - Pardon the Paws


March 12 - Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire


March 11 - Third Grade Hold 'Em


March 11 - Dear Abby


March 10 - Network for Public Education


March 8 - On the Pension Front


March 6 - ISBE & Special Ed


March 6 - Schools As Voting Sites


March 4 - Casimir Pulaski


March 2 - Obama & The Republicans


March 2 - Testing the Pension Waters


March 1 - Special BOE Meeting...Agenda


March 1 - East Versus West


March 1 - Front Page News


February 28 - Regular FOP Meeting...Agenda


February 28 - Breaking Pension News


February 26 - A Nation of Guinea Pigs


February 26 - Ch-Ch-Changes


February 25 - The Bunkum Awards


February 25 - It's How You Look!


February 24 - CHS...In Monday's Pub


February 23 - Cairo Demolition...Year Four


February 22 - Equity in Education...A Start


February 21 - Fights at Meridian Regional


February 21 - Regular BOE Meeting...Agenda


February 21 - One Step Forward


February 20 - 'For Each And Every Child'


February 19 - Academic Exercise


February 18 - Zero Tolerance


February 18 - ROE Consolidation


February 17 - A Penny for Your Thoughts


February 16 - New City Position


February 16 - Latest ED News


February 16 - Scott County Central Blinks


February 16 - The Cairo Citizen


February 15 - Bigotry Dies Hard


February 13 - Sounds of Silence


February 13 - SOTU & Education


February 11 - Cairo-Wickliffe Bridge Study


February 10 - Another Cairo House Fire


February 10 - Rewriting ESEA (aka NCLB)


February 10 - What'd I Say


February 9 - Steven Seagal & School Safety


February 8 - No Respect


February 5 - Don't Buy This Book!


February 5 - WPSD TV on Sunday Cairo Fire


February 4 - Black History Month


February 4 - Cairo Fire


February 1 - The "It's All About Me" Organization


February 1 - Madigan Says No to Union Meeting


January 31 - School Safety Drills


January 28 - On Your Mark!


January 28 - Forever


January 27 - In Your Face(book)


January 27 - 'Bout Time!


January 27 - Stranger Than Fiction


January 27 - With the Stroke of a Pen


January 26 - Newton School District Seeks Testing Waiver


January 26 - S&P Lowers IL Credit Rating


January 26 - Clean Up Cairo Campaign


January 26 - CHS on Scholastic Hi-Q


January 25 - Massac County School Old Case


January 25 - ROE Consolidation Set for 2015


January 25 - Sports Are A Civil Right


January 25 - Quinn Signs Erin's Law


January 25 -CSD #1...In The Cairo Citizen


January 24 - Irony, Thy Name is Texas


January 24 - Call to Boost IL School Funding


January 24 - Local Airport Grants


January 24 - Unions Reach Out


January 24 - School Daze


January 23 - CNN School Safety Series


January 23 - Grab Your Hat


January 23 - School Safety?


January 22 - Regular FOP Meeting...Agenda


January 19 - The Nose Knows II


January 19 - The Nose Knows


January 19 - Cairo: 5th Grade Mock Inauguration


January 18 - CSD #1...In the News


January 17 - Regular BOE Meeting...Agenda Plus


January 17 - Retirement and Pension News


January 17 - Obama's Proposals on School Safety & The PTA


January 17 - Michelle Rhee & The Missing Memo


January 16 - Cairo Public Schools Closed


January 16 - 'Schools of Thought': Safety Series


January 16 - Gallup: Student Engagement


January 16 - IL Statewide Summit on School Safety


January 15 - Post-Traumatic Stupidity Syndrome


January 15 - Wanted: Good Guys With Guns


January 15 - Education Blogger Walt Gardner


January 15 - Out, Damned Spot!


January 14 - Jay Mathews on Michelle Rhee


January 14 - MAP Test


January 14 - Pitts on 'Blackness'


January 14 - At the End of the Day


January 13 - Retirement Planning


January 12 - Night of the Grizzlies


January 12 - Pistol-Packing Janitors?


January 11 - Pension Reform...Legislative Update


January 11 - Got Balls?


January 9 - Ravitch Ravages Rhee


January 9 - Latest Pension News


January 8 - More on the Wicked Witch


January 8 - Latest Pension News


January 7 - The Wicked Kindergarten Witches


January 7 - The Wicked Witch


January 5 - Saturday...Latest Pension News


January 5 - Pensions: Call to Action


January 4 - Into the Lion's Den


January 4 - GIGO


January 4 - Latest IL Pension News


January 4 - CHS Beta Club Visits Daystar


January 3 - Back to School


December 25 - CAT Christmas Day


December 24 - CAT Christmas Eve


December 24 - Mind the Gap


December 22 - Arne Duncan: Tighter Gun Control


December 22 - Good Guy...Bad Guy...Ugly Truth


December 22 - Trying to Sell a Pension Proposal


December 21 - Cairo Firefighter Injured


December 21 - No Gun Zone


December 21 - Grumpy Old Men


December 20 - Safety A Long Time Practice


December 20 - Warning, Warning, Warning


December 20 - Not Your Grandmother's Assessment


December 19 - CAT Christmas 2012


December 16 - Shatoyria Jangjirawat


December 15 - Cairo Talent Show Controversy


December 15 - Ho Ho Ho


December 15 - Gail Collins


December 14 - CSD #1...In the News


December 13 - Regular BOE Meeting...Agenda Plus


December 13 - Quinn BS Machine


December 13 - Hearing Is Believing


December 13 - New Cairo Businesses


December 12 - Educator of the Month


December 12 - Ho Ho Hum


December 12 - Regular FOP Meeting...Agenda


December 11 - Are Schools to Blame for Obesity?


December 11 - NAACP to Push for Education Overhaul


December 11 - The Starr in the East


December 11 - Cairo House Fire


December 10 - Pension Preservation Rallies


December 9 - The Credibility Gap


December 9 - CSD #1...In the News


December 9 - Ken Trickey Obituary


December 8 - Special BOE Meeting...Clarification


December 7 - New Businesses Coming to Cairo


December 7 - CHS Student of the Month


December 7 - Water Wars


December 7 - Special BOE Meeting...Notice & Agenda


December 7 - Happy Holidays


December 6 - The Gun Dorm


December 6 - Filing Petitions for School Board


December 6 - Arne Duncan 2.0


December 6 - All in the Family


December 6 - RIP: Ken Trickey


December 5 - It's a McJob


December 5 - Teaching Them Young


December 4 - What Were They Thinking?


December 4 - Changing Teacher Certification


December 3 - Another Silver Bullet


December 2 - A Good Sign


December 2 - CHS...In the News


December 1 - Local School Finances


November 30 - Rhee-visionist History


November 30 - CHS Beta Club


November 29 - Classroom Management


November 29 - Jeb Bush Education Summit


November 27 - Cairo House Fire


November 25 - Expectations


November 24 - Cairo Murals...Losing Face


November 24 - Cairo...Holiday House


November 23 - "Squeezy"? Seriously?


November 23 - When 'Grading Is Degrading'


November 22 - CHS...In the News


November 21 - Speaking of Chocolate


November 21 - Math is Like a Box of Chocolates


November 20 - Looking Back on 2012


November 20 - Thumbs Down on Squeezy


November 19 - Squeezy...The Pension Python?


November 18 - Arne Duncan...Bush-League Ed Reform


November 18 - CJSHS 2008 Egypti


November 18 - CHS Beta Club


November 15 - It's the 'Principal' of the Thing


November 13 - Fatal Cairo Shooting...Update


November 11 - Fatal Shooting in Cairo


November 11 - Coverage of CSD #1 Activities


November 11 - CJSHS 2007 Egypti


November 10 - Regular FOP Meeting...Agenda


November 8 - Regular BOE Meeting...Agenda Plus


November 7 - Rocky Mountain High


November 7 - Illinois Pension Amendment Fails


November 4 - Another 'NO' Vote


November 4 - The Choice...Is Clear


November 4 - CHS 2004 Egypti


November 3 - Making the Grade


November 3 - Tie One On


November 2 - All Together Now


November 2 - Poplar St. Fire Declared Arson


October 30 - John Wilson Explains Choice


October 30 - Diane Ravitch Explains Choice


October 29 - Stand By Your Man


October 28 - CHS 2003 Egypti


October 27 - Oh Hell No!


October 27 - Flood Projects Progressing


October 27 - CSD #1 Test Scores


October 26 - Cairo "Trunk A Treat"


October 26 - CNN Commentator Steve Perry


October 24 - Cognitive Enhancers


October 24 - Teachers, Unions & Obama


October 23 - Regular FOP Meeting...Agenda


October 22 - Forget America's Team


October 22 - Holiday House Luncheons


October 21 - CHS 2002 Egypti


October 20 - Cairo River Wall Murals...Update


October 18 - Dear Mr. President


October 18 - Debunking School Reform Efforts


October 17 - Cairo Water Crisis Over


October 17 - Mixed Evaluations


October 17 - Mixed Expectations


October 16 - Water Back on in Cairo


October 16 - Johnny on the Spot


October 16 - CSD CENTRAL OFFICE...NEW LOOK


October 15 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


October 15 - Cairo Public Schools Open Tuesday


October 15 - Illinois Constitutional Amendment


October 15 - It's the Principal of the Thing


October 14 - Cairo School District...Pay Day


October 14 - Cairo Public Schools Closed Monday


October 14 - Boil Water Order Issued for Cairo


October 14 - CHS 1998 Egypti


October 14 - Cairo Demolition/Revitalization Project


October 12 - ROE v. Alexander County


October 10 - Long Live Paper


October 7 - Seeking Alternative Employment


October 7 - She's A Lady


October 7 - Take It to the Limit


October 7 - CHS 1997 Egypti


October 6 - More On Youth-Build Program


October 6 - Cairo Demolition Project...Update


October 6 - Cairo River Wall Murals...Update


October 5 - One-Two Punch


October 5 - Valerie Strauss & The Debate


October 5 - Delta Center Youth-Build Program


October 4 - Wanted: Education Reform Exorcism


October 4 - Be Sure to Clean Your Plate!


October 4 - Book Burning


October 4 - Curiosity & The Cat


October 3 - Attention: Voters


October 3 - Cairo River Wall Murals...Update


October 3 - (Snake) Oil & Water


October 2 - 'Won't Back Down'...MEOW!


September 30 - Any Experienced Ranter


September 30 - Don't Give Me 'No Excuses'


September 30 - Another 'Won't Back Down' Beat Down


September 30 - SI Editorial: School Funding Cuts


September 30 - CHS 1996 Egypti


September 29 - Ravitch Schools Obama on Education


September 29 - Carr v. Koch: The Movie


September 28 - David Brooks: The Psych Approach


September 28 - Movie Reviews: 'Won't Back Down'


September 28 - Alexander County Purges Voting Rolls


September 28 - BOE Hires New Basketball Coach


September 27 - The Debates


September 26 - Some Wishful Thinking


September 26 - Obama, Romney and John


September 25 - The Awakening?


September 25 - Candidates: Where I Stand on Education


September 25 - Regular FOP Meeting...Agenda


September 24 - With Friends Like These


September 23 - Cairo Demolition...Update


September 23 - CHS 1995 Egypti...Updated


September 22 - Cairo River Wall Murals...Update


September 22 - 'Amendment 49'


September 21 - Dear John (Wilson)


September 21 - Cairo School Board Election


September 21 - CHS Volleyball


September 20 - BOE Hearing/Meeting...Minutes


September 20 - New York Times Run Amok?


September 20 - Education Reform Run Amok?


September 20 - Political Correctness Run Amok?


September 19 - IL SC Hears School Funding Lawsuit


September 19 - Oh Sweet Jesus


September 19 - It's Over


September 18 - Carr et al vs Koch et al


September 18 - God Bless You Please, Mr. Robinson


September 17 - It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over


September 16 - Counting Cranes


September 16 - CHS 1994 Egypti


September 15 - President Obama and Education Reform


September 15 - Way Up North


September 14 - Chicago Teachers' Strike Nearing End?


September 14 - Let the Demolition Continue!


September 14 - Cairo Junior High Baseball


September 14 - When Lightning Strikes


September 13 - Chicago, Chicago


September 13 - Denying the Truth About Testing


September 12 - Cairo at Sunrise


September 12 - Diane Ravitch: Goodbye & Hello


September 12 - Chicago: A Democratic Civil War?


September 11 - Chicago Teachers' Strike...The Issues


September 11 - A Show of Bipartisanship


September 11 - Did I Say Cranes?


September 9 - AFT President Randi Weingarten


September 9 - CHS 1993 Egypti


September 8 - Downtown Cairo Fire


September 8 - Don't Know Much About History?


September 7 - Cairo Demolition Project


September 6 - Cairo River Wall Murals...Update


September 5 - Teachers: Your Goose Is Cooked!


September 5 - Beggars Ball


September 5 - Democratic Education Platform


September 2 - CHS 1992 Egypti


September 1 - Cairo River Wall Murals...Update


August 31 - Cairo Receives 'YouthBuild' Grant


August 31 - CHS Beta Club & Scholar Bowl Team


August 31 - Weird Science


August 31 - Cairo Citizen Teasers


August 31 - Cairo River Wall Murals...Update


August 29 - Slippery Slope


August 29 - Today's Stupid Guest Commentary


August 29 - GOP Education Platform


August 28 - Too Many Chiefs


August 28 - Who Ya Gonna Call?


August 25 - CHS 1991 Egypti


August 25 - Cairo Demolition...Update


August 25 - Charles Blow...On U.S. Education


August 25 - Cairo River Wall Murals...Update


August 24 - 2012 PDK/Gallup Poll


August 24 - Cranes Gone Wild


August 24 - Hope International & Back to School


August 23 - The Disturbing Marilyn Rhames


August 22 - Cairo Bunge Fire


August 22 - The Old Riddle...


August 22 - Stubborn as a Mule


August 22 - Regular FOP Meeting...Agenda


August 22 - Cairo Home Demolition


August 20 - Todd Akin...'Misspoke'


August 19 - Old Mississippi River Bridge at Cairo


August 19 - Movie: Won't Back Down


August 19 - Valerie Strauss Exposes Obama Sham


August 19 - CHS 1989 Egypti


August 18 - City of Cairo...Hmmm


August 18 - John Wilson Calls for AFT-NEA Merger


August 18 - Quinn Loses Latest Round


August 17 - Cairo River Wall Mural...Smokin'


August 16 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


August 16 - Cairo River Wall Mural...Steaming Along


August 15 - RIP: Arnold Horshack


August 15 - The Mighty Quinn


August 15 - A Positive View


August 15 - Welcome to...the Story of Cairo


August 14 - The Rockettes


August 14 - Honoring Alice Johnston


August 12 - Ron Newell Bares All


August 12 - Cairo River Wall Mural...Update


August 12 - CHS 1988 Egypti


August 11 - Constructive Demolition Criticism


August 10 - Stuck in the Middle With You


August 9 - Unfortunate Incident


August 9 - CSD #1 Teacher Institute...August 14


August 8 - The World of Education


August 8 - 'The Ungrateful President'


August 8 - SCC Relocates Cairo Extension Center


August 7 - One Week From Today...


August 6 - Carrots and Sticks


August 6 - Lengthening the School Year


August 6 - Cairo DVD...On Sale Locally


August 5 - High Stakes Grading


August 5 - CHS 1987 Egypti


August 3 - Power Seats & Safe Zones


August 3 - The Cairo Citizen


August 2 - Much Ado About Math


July 31 - Latest Pension Threat


July 29 - CSD #1 Website...Updated


July 29 - 2B or Not 2B


July 29 - Flood Preparation in Alexander County


July 29 - CHS 1986 Egypti


July 28 - Like Maxwell House Coffee


July 27 - Ohio River Levee Repair


July 27 - Leonard Pitts on Heroes


July 27 - CSD #1 Building Donations


July 26 - Regular FOP Meeting...Minutes


July 26 - Workplace Bullying


July 26 - The Wrath of Kahn


July 26 - The Other River


July 25 - Pie in the Sky


July 25 - Grow Your Own


July 24 - Nothing Better To Do


July 23 - Stamp Out Critical Thinking


July 22 - What A Waste


July 22 - CHS 1984 Egypti


July 21 - What A Difference


July 21 - Christopher Jackson...Dreamgirls


July 20 - Hope International


July 19 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


July 19 - Master Teachers


July 19 - Valerie Strauss...The Onion


July 18 - CSD #1 WEBSITE


July 17 - Now Playing...


July 15 - Il Classrooms First Commission


July 14 - CHS 1983 Egypti


July 13 - New Look


July 12 - Closure


July 11 - Dear John


July 10 - Cairo House Fire


July 10 - Cairo Mural Update


July 9 - More Focus on Openings


July 7 - CHS 1982 Egypti


July 6 - Free the Bad Boys!


July 6 - NCLB Spin Zone


July 6 - Cairo Mural Update


July 5 - Columnist George F. Will...Chicago


July 4 - NEA Exploring Face-Lift


July 4 - CSD 2012-2013 School Calendar


July 2 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


July 2 - CSD #1...Changing of the Guard


July 1 - CHS 1981 Egypti