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Archive for August, 2006

Wednesday, Sept. 6th, 7p.m. Lower level of Mt. Hope Community Baptist Church, corner of Hope and Rochambeau.
Help Shape the Future of East Side Public Education!

ESPEC mobilized the East Side to successfully lobby for Nathan Bishop to reopen as a public school. Now, the question is what kind of school it will be. The public [...]

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The above is the headline of a New York Times story today. I won’t post the whole thing for space and copywrite reasons, but here are a few snippets. The whole story is here.
Fourth graders in traditional public schools did significantly better in reading and math than comparable children attending charter schools, according [...]

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We’re Back!

Despite the lack of activity here the last couple of months, the Blog Stats show that dozens of people continue to read.
Now that September is upon us, we’ll be ramping up the activity here again.
For now, please note that  the Ward 2 City Council candidates (Rita Williams and Cliff Wood) are debating tonight, Aug. 23  [...]

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Maureen posted this under another topic, but I thought it deserved a post of its own.
Hi,
I am a special education teacher at Vartan Gregorian School at Fox Point. I’d like to extend an invitation to any interested parents and community members to visit Gregorian for a Meet and Greet opportunity on Monday afternoon, August 28, [...]

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