When you go to Superintendent School they teach you a lot of things. Such as, superintendents get paid more than principals (I got an A on this quiz nailed it!). Usually, this lesson is enough to pique ones interest. They also teach you about public relations, finances, and school law. Thats the good part. The [...]

Coronado Heights Elementary, 5911 N Sapulpa, will be closed Friday because of a water line break, Putnam City Public Schools spokesman Steve Lindley said. Lindley said a main water line feeding the school has broken, and repairs are ongoing. He said the school currently has no working restrooms or water for food preparation in its [...]

My son, who is in eighth grade, will be entering high school next year. He and I have been touring public and private schools, an experience that is, at best, schizophrenic. One day, we’ll be walking through the hallways of a run-down public high school that looks like East Berlin, circa 1972; the next, we’re [...]

I better write this blog quickly because any minute I’m going to have to leave work, again (good thing I work for an education company), to cart my 14-year-old son off to yet another high school tour. Or shadow visit. Or interview. Or open house. For parents whose eighth graders are applying to, say, eight [...]

Memphis City Schools Board of Education members Stephanie Gatewood (middle) and Patrice Robinson (right) listen as fellow board member Kenneth T. Whalum Jr. lashes out at the City Council during a meeting Tuesday where the board approved a funding deal with the city. The Memphis school board unanimously approved a payment plan from the city [...]

The Memphis school board, saying it is tired of being held hostage by the City Council over money, will meet in emergency session today to discuss delaying the start of school until the money starts to flow. School board members said Monday that they have given the council every opportunity to pay and can no [...]