MOsanthrope

Posted by Chris on May 24, 2006 at 12:06 pm.

We love our kindergartener’s school. This occurred at a magnet school, one of a group of “top tier” facilities in the St. Louis City public school system.
The renaissance occurring in St. Louis City is amazing, but the city will never thrive until it completely revamps its deplorable public school system.

Filed under: St. Louis, Children, Education, Missouri

Posted by Chris on May 21, 2006 at 12:10 am.

I just noticed that an article about my alma mater is today’s featured article at Wikipedia.
Shut up and stop pretending you’re not fascinated.

Filed under: Internet, Education, Michigan

Posted by Chris on May 2, 2006 at 5:09 pm.

Loosely paraphrasing the great poet Whitney Houston, the kids are our future.
We are totally screwed:

WASHINGTON - Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of young Americans recently polled couldn’t locate Louisiana on a map and nearly half were unable to identify Mississippi.
Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 fared […]

Filed under: Children, Culture, U.S., Education

Posted by Chris on March 3, 2006 at 10:12 am.

I have relatives who teach in Aurora, Colorado, so this caught my eye:

AURORA, Colorado (AP) — About 150 high school students walked out of class to protest a decision to put a teacher on leave while they investigate remarks he made about President Bush in class, including that some people compare Bush to Adolf […]

Filed under: Politics, U.S., Education