Posts by Eboni-Rose Thompson — Contributor
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DCPS honors its premier educators
DCPS feted its mostly highly rated educators at the Standing Ovation for DC Teachers Monday night at the Kennedy Center. The annual awards ceremony features a star-studded cast of presenters. “I am so proud to be a DC Public Schools teacher tonight!” exclaimed Kathy Hollowell-Mackie, a kindergarten teacher at Simon Elementary School, as she accepted her award as DCPS… Keep reading…
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Judge denies injunction against closing schools
A federal judge has decided not to block DC from closing 15 public schools for next year. Yesterday, he denied a motion from grassroots organization Empower DC to grant a preliminary injunction against the closures. Last week Empower DC and the plaintiffs, 3 parents with children enrolled in schools slated for closure and 2 ANC commissioners in the affected areas, argued before… Keep reading…
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How is the DC cheating scandal like a 1990s Intel chip?
On Friday, DC’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education confirmed allegations of cheating on the DC CAS test at close to a dozen schools. Officials are downplaying the significance, saying that only a small percentage of classrooms had cheating. But this misses the point; a problem that affects few can shake trust for many, as Intel Corp. found out with its Pentium processor. Intel… Keep reading…
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Georgetown walks a mile in Kenilworth’s shoes
On a pleasant, sunny Sunday afternoon, a group of Georgetown University students went for a walk. This was not simply a leisurely stroll. They were taking on the challenge of walking a mile in someone else’s much-smaller shoes: those of the preschool through 5th grade students of Kenilworth Elementary School, who would make this walk daily to their new school once their school… Keep reading…