Cairo Association of Teachers - Archive13

CAT Tracks for the 2009-10 School Year



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June 30 - That's One Small Step


June 30 - Valerie Strauss Takes Issue


June 28 - You Dirty Rat


June 28 - Educators As Cyberpolice


June 27 - It's the Principal of the Thing


June 26 - Defiance


June 25 - For A Few Dollars More


June 25 - Magic Carpet Ride


June 24 - Cats & Dogs


June 23 - Pinball Wizards


June 23 - Giving the Devil His Due


June 23 - Principal George Woods Knows


June 23 - I Should Have Known


June 22 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


June 22 - Strauss Interviews Ravitch


June 22 - Onward Christian Soldiers


June 21 - Kahn


June 21 - We Are Gathered Here Today


June 21 - Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction


June 19 - Dumb and Dumber...and Dumbest


June 19 - Who You Callin' Friend


June 19 - The Enemy of My Enemy


June 19 - The British Invasion


June 18 - Bears Repeating...


June 18 - Bears Repeating...


June 18 - Bears Repeating...


June 17 - Cairo BOE Hearing/Meeting...Minutes


June 17 - More From Diane Ravitch


June 17 - Asking for Trouble


June 16 - It's Sad, So Sad


June 16 - Those Money-Grubbing Teachers


June 16 - More On 'Data'


June 15 - Meet Jim Youngman


June 14 - Misery Loves Company


June 14 - Union Busting


June 14 - What Workers Want


June 13 - Gidgets & Gadgets & Gizmos


June 11 - Central Falls, RI...Revisited


June 11 - CHS National Honor Society


June 11 - A Case Study


June 11 - Data, Data, Data


June 11 - In Defense of Cheating


June 10 - Cairo Home Invasion Victim Dies


June 10 - Sleep-Deprived Teenagers


June 9 - Alexander County - Interim Gas


June 8 - More On Performance Pay


June 7 - 'Selling' Common Standards


June 7 - Japanese 'Lesson Study' Versus 'Inspection'


June 7 - Your Brain on Computers


June 4 - Common Core State Standards


June 4 - Babbling Brooks


June 3 - New York, New York


June 2 - Public Service Announcement


June 2 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


June 2 - What Happens in Texas


June 2 - Desperados


June 1 - Public School Graduation in Church


May 30 - Local Civil War History


May 28 - Turn Out the Lights


May 28 - In Defense of Teachers' Unions


May 28 - New Alexander County Vehicles


May 28 - Cha-Cha-Cha


May 27 - 2010 CLASS OF CAT RETIREES


May 27 - More Dirt on Education


May 27 - The Latest Dirt on Education


May 26 - Just Say No to the RttT


May 26 - For Masochistic Teachers Only


May 26 - How the Other Half Live


May 26 - More On Alexander County


May 25 - The Neverending Story


May 25 - Consolidation for Christopher & Z-R?


May 25 - Atheist Questions Cross Funding


May 24 - Cairo House Fire...Part ?


May 24 - The Charter School Lie


May 22 - ISP Fill the Void


May 21 - Valerie Strauss 'Plays A Game'


May 21 - Open Mouth...Insert Foot


May 21 - The Price of "Taking Exception"


May 20 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


May 20 - Giving the Devil His Due


May 20 - A Free Public Education


May 20 - SI Editorial Blasts IL Legislators


May 19 - Axis of Evil


May 19 - United States History


May 19 - The Elephant in the Room


May 18 - Those Who Can't Teach


May 17 - Oink, Oink, Oink


May 17 - Tentative Agreement in Central Falls


May 16 - Pedagogy of Poverty


May 15 - I Am A Teacher


May 15 - The Pole Tax


May 14 - WHEW!


May 14 - They Just Don't Get It


May 14 - Out of Gas II


May 14 - CHS TECH Team...TECH 2010


May 14 - Mary Herndon...The Cairo Citizen


May 13 - Stranger Danger...In the Classroom


May 13 - Out of Gas


May 13 - Rose & Ravitch on Reform


May 12 - 'Q & A'


May 11 - Imagine


May 10 - Jay In Wonderland


May 10 - East Meets West


May 10 - The Football Coach Wears High Heels


May 7 - The Lord Jesus Christ...


May 7 - Laughing All The Way To The Bank


May 7 - Cairo Students...In The News


May 7 - Reminder - "Summer Money"


May 6 - School Reform...


May 6 - Silly News Out Of Springfield


May 6 - Good News Out Of Springfield


May 6 - Cairo Company Keeping Eye On Gulf Oil Spill


May 5 - The Heartland's Best Teachers


May 5 - National Teacher of the Year


May 5 - A Case For Tenure


May 5 - Good Deed Doers


May 5 - School Choice Advocate Admits False Premise


May 4 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


May 4 - Education Advice From Deborah Meier


May 3 - Cairo...Vacant House Burns to Ground


May 3 - Schoolhouse Rock


May 2 - Cairo Students...In The News


May 2 - The 'Magic Bullet of School Reform'


May 2 - Guilty Until Proven Innocent


May 1 - Passing the Buck


May 1 - An Apple for the Teachers


May 1 - You Take The High Road...


April 30 - And Another Damned Thing...


April 30 - There Is No Hope For CSD #1


April 29 - Hair Patrol


April 29 - Stupid, Stupid, Stupid


April 29 - 'Bout Time!


April 28 - Teaching for Dummies


April 27 - Reading Dirty Magazines


April 27 - AMEN!


April 26 - Get A Grip!


April 26 - A Step in the Right Direction...


April 25 - Documenting Cairo


April 24 - Cairo Clean-Up


April 23 - Robbins et al...Winding Down?


April 23 - Fore...Play That Golf!


April 22 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


April 22 - One Angry Black Man


April 22 - Cairo Home Invasion


April 21 - Cairo School Bus Hit By Car


April 20 - Damn the Holidays


April 20 - Uncle Sam Wants (A Lean) You!


April 20 - It's a Matter of Trust


April 17 - Oh-My-God!


April 17 - The Answer, My Friend


April 17 - Twilight (Free) Zone


April 17 - R.I.P. - Brian Betts


April 17 - Photo Exhibit - Cairo IL


April 16 - Life In A Small Town...


April 16 - Oh, Honey!


April 16 - Thank You, Charlie Crist!


April 16 - Arne Duncan...Our Hero


April 15 - We Was Robbed!


April 15 - Response to Intervention


April 15 - Walking for the Cure


April 14 - Breaking News...From NEA


April 14 - Resegregation of Schools


April 14 - School-Night Proms


April 14 - NEA Blueprint for Reform


April 13 - There Is A God...Footnote


April 13 - The iGeneration


April 12 - There Is A God...


April 12 - The Aiken's Diet


April 12 - Not A Good Day


April 11 - Florida Countdown


April 10 - Valerie Strauss on Florida Reform


April 9 - Alternative Teacher Certification


April 9 - Thieving Charter Schools


April 9 - What's A Teacher to Do?


April 9 - Jazmyne Brown...Scholarship Recipient


April 8 - Bullying the Bullies


April 8 - Early Childhood Education


April 6 - The Assault on Tenure


April 5 - No Comprende


April 5 - The Sleaze Factor


April 4 - Diane Ravitch...Charting a New Course


April 4 - Jay Mathews on Jaime Escalante


April 3 - The Butterfly House


April 3 - Early Happy Easter Present


April 2 - If The Shoe Fits


April 2 - Angry Aftermath to Bullying/Suicide Tragedy


April 2 - Beta Club Attends Convention


April 1 - Act the Fool


April 1 - Seize the Day


March 31 - An Accounting in Philadelphia


March 31 - A Hole in the Head


March 31 - A Couple of Accounts of Accountability


March 31 - The Popularity of Charter Schools


March 31 - Sweet Science


March 31 - Lie in Peace


March 30 - Arne the Heartbreaker


March 30 - Let This Be A Lesson


March 30 - School Bullying & Suicide


March 30 - Collaboration & Collaborators


March 30 - The Case Against Funding Schools With Property Taxes


March 29 - BUYPARTISAN


March 28 - Where the Boys Are


March 28 - A Rainy Night in Georgia


March 27 - There's No Place Like Home


March 27 - Kill the Messenger


March 27 - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished


March 27 - Worst Yet to Come?


March 26 - Cairo Photograhy Project


March 25 - Cluck, Cluck, Cluck


March 24 - Pollyanna Lives


March 24 - There, But for the Grace of God...


March 24 - Lawsuit Over IL School Funding Filed


March 23 - Kumbaya II


March 23 - Three-Day Weekend


March 22 - 'Kumbaya'


March 22 - Passing the Buck


March 22 - Not To Be Outdone


March 22 - Do the Math


March 21 - Dogs Take A Bow...WOW


March 20 - Newsweek Sucks II


March 20 - Brave New World


March 20 - Another Year Older


March 19 - ACL Office Floats Into Cairo


March 19 - Time for a One-Nation Schoolhouse?


March 19 - "Zero Tolerance" Under Review


March 19 - CSD K-12 Art Show


March 19 - CHS Beta Club - Induction


March 19 - CHS Beta Club - Riverfront Project


March 18 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


March 18 - Politically Incorrect III


March 18 - Politically Incorrect II


March 18 - Politically Incorrect


March 18 - Takin' It To The Hoops


March 17 - Gender Gap Update


March 17 - School of Hard Knocks


March 16 - Bus Driver Tenure?


March 16 - Miscellaneous


March 16 - The Civil Rights Leader


March 16 - I'll Take It As A Sign


March 15 - Behind the Curtain


March 15 - Pay for Performance


March 15 - Structured Recess


March 14 - Valerie Strauss on "Sweeping Overhaul"


March 14 - "Sweeping Overhaul" of NCLB


March 13 - Weird and Wacky World


March 13 - A One And A Two And A Three


March 12 - A Ray of Hope


March 12 - The Question, My Friend


March 12 - Déjà Vu


March 12 - CHS Computer Lab Receives Laser Printer


March 12 - An Honor for Cairo's Jazmyne Brown


March 11 - A Familiar Theme


March 11 - Political Posturing in Illinois


March 11 - Newsweek Sucks


March 11 - Grade-By-Grade Common Standards


March 11 - The Generation Gap


March 10 - The Last Laugh


March 10 - Robbers All - Part ?


March 9 - Stupid Is...


March 9 - The Answer, My Friend II


March 9 - Diane Ravitch & The WSJ


March 8 - Humorous Homework


March 8 - St. Baldrick's


March 8 - Meridian...The Partnership Zone


March 7 - Algebra in Wonderland


March 7 - I Am Not Alone


March 7 - Home-School Christian-Based Science


March 6 - Ruby, the Dinosaur


March 5 - The Answer, My Friend


March 5 - CHS Art Classes & SIU


March 4 - Lord Help Me


March 4 - Teachers Share Their Views


March 4 - Oops...My Bad


March 4 - Voodoo Education?


March 3 - WPSD TV on Bennett Closing


March 3 - How the Other Half Lives


March 3 - Diane Ravitch's U-Turn


March 2 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


March 2 - Three Down...Done


March 2 - Macho, Macho President


February 28 - IEA Capitol Report


February 28 - More on Diane Ravitch


February 27 - Diane Ravitch Has Seen the Light


February 26 - When Do I Sleep?


February 26 - Meridian CUSD 101 Tapped


February 26 - Bennett Elementary PBIS Program


February 26 - Emerson Elementary PBIS Program


February 26 - CSD #1 Consolidation


February 25 - Two Down, One to Go


February 25 - Thank You, Valerie Strauss


February 25 - O.T. or E.T.?


February 25 - Trauma of Job Loss


February 25 - Insanity Prevails in Central Falls


February 25 - Cairo Mayor Judson Childs


February 25 - Cracking the Whip


February 24 - No Sit!


February 24 - Help Wanted


February 23 - One Down, Two to Go


February 23 - The Blame Game


February 23 - Hey, Cowboy...


February 23 - Public Hearings...CSD #1 Restructuring Plan


February 22 - When We Played Our Charade


February 21 - Cairo House Fire


February 20 - Out of the Frying Pan...


February 20 - Teen Pregnancy


February 19 - Food for Thought


February 19 - Channels 3 & 6 Report


February 19 - The Village Idiot


February 19 - CHS Beta Club


February 19 - Biting My Catty Tongue


February 18 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


February 18 - Awww...Give Her a Break


February 18 - WPSD TV Promotes BOE Meeting


February 18 - Houston, We've Got a Problem


February 18 - A Sign?


February 18 - Carbondale Middle School


February 17 - Ranking Health...County by County


February 16 - Another Meddling Politician


February 16 - Internet Free Speech


February 16 - BOE Member Arrested


February 15 - Count Me Out


February 14 - Give Me That Old Time Religion


February 13 - Cairo Then And Now


February 13 - Parental Involvement II


February 13 - Parental Involvement


February 12 - Jay Mathews' Best Column Ever


February 12 - Rolling Study Hall


February 12 - TV Program...Shotgun House


February 12 - Here, There...Everywhere


February 11 - A KISS From Afar


February 11 - Short Little Attention Spans


February 11 - The Other Can of Worms


February 10 - Crapped Out


February 10 - Valentine Special


February 10 - Closer to Home


February 10 - Cell Phone Spoofing


February 9 - Online Dating Scams


February 9 - Nuts


February 8 - I'll Do It Your Way...Part II


February 8 - Contrary to Rumor


February 8 - No Time to Snicker


February 8 - Opening a New Front


February 8 - Early College


February 7 - I'll Do It Your Way


February 6 - Speaking of Freedom of Expression


February 6 - Speaking of Cyber Bullies


February 6 - Feral CATs


February 5 - Forget Dictionaries & Diaries


February 5 - Don't Hold Your Breath


February 4 - The Drumbeat Continues


February 4 - If Ya Can't Beat 'Em


February 3 - And the Oscar Goes To...


February 2 - Alexander County Primary Results


February 2 - Give 'Em Hell, Harry


February 2 - Knee-Jerk Censorship


February 2 - Raising Children


February 1 - Bad IL Election Law


February 1 - WHOA On Buyin' Them Thar iPads


January 31 - 2010 IL Primary Special


January 30 - Census 2010 Event at CHS


January 30 - CHS Beta Club Two-Fer


January 30 - The Rolling Stones Got It Wrong


January 29 - TGIF?...No; It's SAWD!


January 29 - Go Spit!


January 29 - Digital Debate


January 29 - The CAT Is Out Of The Bag


January 28 - He Hates These IWBs


January 28 - Teacher Absences


January 28 - Michigan President Defends Position


January 28 - Breeding Discontent


January 27 - They Don't Get It


January 27 - State of the Union


January 27 - Foaming at the Digital Mouth


January 26 - Banning Smut...M-W Dictionaries


January 26 - 'Right of Passage'


January 26 - Recess Before Lunch


January 25 - The Learning Tower of PISA


January 23 - Dude Looks Like A Lady


January 22 - Robbers All...Part ???


January 22 - B.S.


January 21 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


January 21 - Public Service Announcement


January 21 - Cindy McCain


January 21 - Mark Antony...NOT!


January 20 - Unholy War


January 20 - Holy War


January 20 - Cairo MLK Jr. Celebration


January 19 - When All Else Fails


January 19 - Subliminal Messages


January 19 - For A Few Dollars More


January 19 - Thirty Pieces of Silver


January 18 - Old Folks At Home


January 18 - Miracle Eye


January 18 - Cairo House Fire


January 17 - Beautiful Downtown Cairo


January 17 - Be Careful What You Ask For


January 17 - Bring in the Clowns


January 17 - Spin Zone II


January 16 - DIY Pornography?


January 16 - Alfie Kohn On National Standards


January 16 - Sign Me Up!


January 15 - My Prayer Has Been Answered


January 15 - The Great State of Texas


January 15 - Race to the $$$


January 15 - Media Coverage of Ellis Vigil


January 15 - Arne Duncan Got Game


January 14 - SKIPPED


January 14 - The Spin Zone?


January 13 - Vigil for Tommy Ellis


January 12 - Gotta Check the 'Robbers All' Website


January 12 - Jay Mathews...'Amen'


January 12 - Bet


January 12 - In My Opinion


January 12 - High School Exit Exams


January 10 - God Is Good


January 10 - Do You Believe in Miracles?


January 9 - Sikeston-Charleston Battle


January 9 - IWBs


January 9 - Learning Styles...Shmearning Styles


January 8 - We Were Not Alone


January 8 - No School Today


January 7 - Teaching As Fast As We Can


January 5 - MOU or MOO?


January 5 - Reading Aloud


January 5 - Dropped the Ball


January 4 - Preview of New ESEA


January 2 - 'Flexitarian'


January 1 - A Poem


December 31 - CHS Receives Energy Grant/Donation


December 31 - CHS Beta Club Makes Holiday Visit


December 31 - CHS Beta Club Conducts Safety Check


December 31 - Congratulations to Mary Herndon


December 30 - Mother and Child Reunion


December 30 - Happy New Laws


December 29 - The Wonderful Wizard of ED


December 25 - And So This Is Christmas...


December 24 - Emerson Students Visit Daystar


December 24 - Fox in the Henhouse?


December 24 - Competition Versus Mastery


December 22 - Kids Today


December 22 - Pre-K-20 Education


December 22 - K-13 Education


December 22 - Travel Advisory


December 22 - Special BOE Meeting - Agenda


December 21 - Grand Theft Auto...Call 911


December 21 - Homework Assignments Online


December 21 - Maynard G. Krebs


December 21 - Math Education


December 20 - A Bleeding Heart


December 19 - Increase the Dole!


December 19 - A Couple of Lawyer Jokes


December 18 - CHS Beta Club


December 18 - He Left His Heart...


December 18 - A Concept


December 18 - Merry Christmas


December 18 - Distracted Driving Forum


December 18 - Holiday Book Guide for Children


December 17 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


December 17 - Stupid Is...


December 17 - This Is A Test...


December 17 - The Homework Lady


December 17 - NEA - Rights Watch


December 17 - Commentary on "Merit Pay"


December 17 - CSD #1 "Christmas Dinner"


December 16 - 'Tis (NOT) the Season


December 16 - Congress OKs Education Budget


December 15 - Elf on a Shelf


December 14 - Going for the Gold


December 14 - GED & Other Parenting Issues


December 14 - IL Budget Crisis Impacting Schools


December 13 - For Cairo...A Helping Hand


December 12 - Jay Mathews Reviews Tony Wagner


December 11 - Duncan Duckin' Debate


December 11 - CCRC Donates Tissue to Schools


December 11 - Cairo Revitalization Meeting


December 11 - New on the Menu


December 10 - "Training" Children


December 7 - False Premises...False Promises


December 4 - CHS Beta Club Visits Daystar


December 3 - Pucker Up...


December 3 - Looking for Salvation?


December 3 - Speaks With Forked Tongue


December 1 - Helper's High


November 30 - Dog On It


November 30 - Charter Schools Fail to Dazzle


November 30 - CHS Beta Club Inducts New Members


November 29 - Waiting to Inhale


November 26 - Give Thanks II


November 26 - Give Thanks...


November 24 - Regular F(L)OP Meeting


November 24 - Regular FOP Meeting


November 23 - Eight Days A Week


November 23 - Anti-Teacher Union Editorial


November 23 - Math & Science Education


November 23 - Cairo Mysteries Revealed


November 22 - Sammy Sosa on Steroids


November 21 - Got Milk?


November 20 - Community Taking Stand


November 20 - Mayor Recognizes Emerson Student


November 19 - Shifty-Eyed


November 19 - Pay for Performance


November 19 - Examples of Excellence


November 18 - Proposed Health Plan Tax


November 18 - Cairo Fire Fatalities...Update


November 17 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


November 17 - Diversity...CSD Style


November 17 - Robbers All


November 16 - Chicago School Board President Found Dead


November 14 - Cash for Grades


November 14 - To My Facebook "Friends"


November 14 - Come One, Come All


November 14 - Special CSD FOP Meeting


November 13 - Recruiting Minority Teachers


November 13 - Cutting


November 13 - Let the Begging Begin


November 13 - Rush to Judgment


November 13 - CHS Beta Club...Safe Driving Grant


November 13 - An Ounce of Prevention


November 11 - Creative Fundraising


November 11 - Do As I Say...


November 7 - It's Just Plain Stupid!


November 7 - It's the Curriculum, Stupid!


November 6 - Fabled Cairo Ruins Fight Back


November 6 - EXTRA-EXTRA-EXTRA!


November 5 - Thoroughly Modern Mickey


November 5 - AFT Unhappy With Report


November 5 - SETDA...Ed-Tech Trends


November 5 - Obituary...Flora Chambliss


November 4 - American Education Week


November 4 - Hush My Mouth!


November 2 - Wishin' and Hopin'


November 1 - The Invisible Man


October 31 - CSD Halloween Costume Contest


October 31 - Shotgun House & CJSHS News


October 30 - BOO


October 30 - Emerson Fall Festival


October 29 - There Is A God


October 29 - Billion Dollar Baby


October 29 - Behind the Hype


October 28 - James Gibson Hearing...Day Two


October 27 - The CAT & James Gibson Versus CSD #1


October 25 - M. D. Anderson Cancer Center


October 24 - Gerald W. Bracey


October 24 - A Pack of Lies


October 23 - A Little Bit Country


October 23 - The Ten Commandments


October 23 - CHS Regional Band Members


October 22 - Model Contract?


October 22 - Teachers of Teachers


October 22 - The Screaming Mommies


October 21 - Hypocrisy in America


October 21 - Cairo Is Not Out Of The Woods


October 20 - Last Call for Comments


October 20 - School Lunch - Content & Calories


October 20 - TWA


October 18 - Beavan and Butthead


October 17 - No Women Allowed


October 16 - Cairo FOP Meeting Canceled


October 15 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


October 15 - Obituary...Claude McAllister


October 14 - Camping Utensil


October 13 - Where, Oh, Where


October 13 - Rape, Pillage & Plunder


October 12 - Zero Tolerance School Rules


October 12 - SCC Guard Attacked on Saturday


October 12 - Ottawa IL Superintendent Found Dead


October 11 - Blue-Haired Ladies


October 10 - Bennett Elementary Apple Fest


October 10 - Concrete Curriculum


October 10 - Testing Experts Say...WHOA!


October 9 - Attorney General Investigates CPU


October 9 - Clean-Up...Future Construction


October 9 - CHS Band Performs in Parade


October 9 - CHS BETA CLUB...Riverfront Clean-Up


October 9 - High Cost of Education


October 9 - Unearthing Fake Stones


October 8 - Cairo School Bus Fire...Update


October 8 - Cairo School Bus Fire


October 8 - Keep the Change


October 6 - Let's Do The Math


October 6 - No Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card


October 6 - We Don't Need No Stinking Proof


October 6 - High Anxiety


October 5 - A View From The North


October 5 - Obituary...Michael Dodd


October 4 - To Touch A Life


October 4 - The Dysfunctional American Family


October 3 - Crazy Like A Fox


October 3 - With Friends Like These...


October 3 - Attention Illinois Drivers


October 2 - 300


October 2 - Cairo Strings Underway


October 1 - Pee in the Cup


October 1 - Flu-Like Illness Closes Charleston School


October 1 - Union Leaders Meeting


September 30 - It Was the Worst of Times


September 30 - Help From Florida Arrives


September 29 - Brown Bag CAT Tracks


September 29 - Not-So-Cutting-Edge Journalism


September 29 - They're Gonna Put Us In The Movies


September 29 - It's the Margarine, Stupid!


September 28 - Woe Is Us


September 28 - Pulling Back The Curtain


September 28 - Speaking of "Oversight"...


September 27 - Beautiful Downtown Cairo


September 27 - FU...FU...FU II (TOO?)


September 27 - The Answer My Friend...


September 27 - Work and/or Play


September 26 - 3rd Grade Conservation Day


September 26 - The Pub


September 26 - Farewell Bob Chanin


September 25 - Took the Words...


September 25 - Starting Over...


September 25 - As The County Churns


September 24 - CHS Beta Club Service Project


September 24 - Cairo City Council Meeting


September 24 - Help Is On The Way!


September 24 - FU...FU...FU


September 23 - Repo Man At Large in Alexander County


September 23 - Amended CSD #1 Calendar


September 22 - BOE Budget Hearing & Regular Meeting...Minutes


September 22 - They'll Write A Book


September 22 - Making A Silk Purse


September 21 - "Common Core" Standards Revised


September 20 - Seniority Is Dead


September 20 - Early Learning Challenge Fund


September 18 - Saturday In The Park


September 18 - Cairo Demolition Project


September 18 - Cape to Cairo Caravan


September 18 - CHS Beta Club Elects Officers


September 17 - Stupid Is...


September 17 - OMG - Let Us...Bid


September 17 - Keeping It Real


September 16 - Kitties Don't Listen


September 16 - Argument


September 15 - Dogs Rest Easy


September 15 - All You Need Is Love


September 14 - Special Payroll Edition...Updated


September 12 - Hey, Hey, Paula II


September 12 - Preview of Coming Attractions


September 11 - Optimist Club


September 11 - Another Cairo House Fire


September 11 - Union Busting...Seattle Style


September 11 - Against All Odds


September 10 - Cairo Citizen Coverage of Recent Fires


September 10 - YUM!


September 10 - Lesson Plans


September 10 - Special BOE Meetings


September 9 - Conspiracy Theory


September 9 - Justice Delayed


September 9 - Rocky, Rocky, Rocky


September 9 - Go Spit!


September 9 - Number Nine


September 8 - Back To School


September 8 - The Speech


September 7 - Cordell McGoy...Cairo Fires


September 7 - Oops...Missed One


September 7 - Alexander County Sheriff's Department


September 6 - Sweet Jesus


September 6 - More Cairo Houses Burn


September 5 - CSD #1 FOP July Meeting...Minutes


September 5 - Woe Is Alexander County


September 4 - Downtown Fire in Cairo


September 4 - Big Teacher Is Watching


September 4 - Permission Slips


September 3 - "Spillover Effect"


September 3 - All About Math


September 1 - IL...A Not-So-Cheap Drunk


September 1 - "Brief" Tutorial on Hard Economic Times


September 1 - Finally...Rural Schools Speak Out


August 31 - The Work's The Thing!


August 31 - Shirt Burning in Sedalia


August 31 - Summer Homework


August 31 - Everybody Talks About the Weather...


August 30 - Unforgettable...


August 30 - The Conquering Hero


August 29 - Reality Kindergarten


August 29 - IL Textbook Loan Program Cut


August 28 - CSD Vacancy Notice


August 28 - CSD 2009-2010 Budget Hearing...Agenda


August 28 - Duncan's Dollars


August 27 - Soul Phonics...Labor Day Weekend


August 27 - Cairo City Council Meeting


August 27 - Team Illinois...Locked Out


August 27 - Cairo String Project


August 26 - Cape to Cairo Caravan


August 25 - Back-to-School Layaway


August 25 - Guilt & Atonement


August 25 - Fiddling...


August 24 - Travel+Leisure Edition


August 23 - Room for Debate


August 22 - Shotgun House


August 21 - CSD #1 Vacancy Notice


August 21 - Collector's Edition of The Cairo Citizen


August 21 - Who's In Charge?


August 21 - Will the "Shotgun House" be Open?


August 21 - They Say...


August 20 - Cairo Boil Water Order


August 20 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


August 20 - Searching for Mr. Right


August 19 - Log Truck Overturns


August 19 - Gee...More From the Gates Foundation


August 19 - Over a Decade in the Making


August 18 - R & R


August 17 - Special Edition...Taxable Income


August 16 - Shotgun Open House


August 15 - Rural Renewal III


August 15 - Rural Renewal II


August 15 - Rural Renewal...Cairo Style


August 14 - Local Drug Bust


August 13 - Classic TV Postage Stamps


August 12 - Point of Personal Privilege


August 10 - Back to School


August 9 - DWT...Driving While Texting


August 9 - Wired


August 5 - bt w8, wuz dat lyt n d wndw ovr der?


August 5 - Windows of Opportunity


August 5 - Dog Days Editorials


August 2 - SIUC Helps Preserve History of Cairo


August 2 - "Have You Lost Your Mind?"


August 1 - Hot Weekend Rumor


August 1 - Finally...A Worthy Study


July 31 - Career-Switchers


July 31 - CSD #1 Back-to-School Ad


July 31 - Vacancy Notice


July 31 - Sneak Peek at Common Standards


July 30 - The Big Goose Egg


July 30 - Police Grant


July 30 - McCracken County Serving Big Macs


July 30 - Wounded by Quislings


July 30 - CAT to the Rescue


July 29 - Dawg...The Bounty Hunters


July 29 - Reminder - Voluntary Transfer


July 29 - Scorched Schools Policy


July 28 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


July 27 - Just Say No


July 27 - Chart(er)ing a New Course


July 25 - P.S. to Mr. G


July 24 - Just Say No


July 24 - The Elephant in the Room


July 23 - ISBE Cuts Education Budget by 2%


July 22 - Retiring "Doers" to Rescue Teachers


July 22 - "Turn Around" Debate


July 22 - Best & Brightest


July 21 - Different Animals


July 17 - Invasion Alert


July 17 - Travel Alert


July 16 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


July 16 - CSD #1...Help Wanted


July 16 - Obituary...James Butler


July 15 - Holding His Feet to the Fire


July 15 - Education Gap Persists


July 15 - Say What?!


July 13 - Mover & Shaker


July 13 - Transition II


July 13 - Transition


July 13 - Goodbye...Hello


July 9 - Overcoming Manliness


July 5 - Cold Kitty