President Barack Obama and federal Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have been very up front about their belief that charter schools can go a long way towards helping communities meet stringent No Child Left Behind standards.

It's always funny to watch old TV news footage from the late 1960s and early 1970s reporting on youth culture.

Tuesday night, Feb. 9, North Kansas City Schools Superintendent Todd White proposed $9.3 million in spending cuts to balance the 2010-2011 school year budget.

That's a really expensive band aid.

Last week, I wrote that my piece on Adderal abuse by high school students would run in the Feb. 11 edition of the Sun Tribune. We've decided to delay that until Feb. 18 in order to expand our coverage and include more information about the medical perspective on this issue.

Chris Cline might be evidence that we're pushing our children too hard to do too much too soon.

Ok, I wrote that headline to get your attention.

I could see that the gears in Fred Sanchez's head were turning.