Posts by Jessica Christy — Contributor
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Morning bell: Honors are awarded to schools, students
Local high schools are ranked: According to Jay Mathews’ annual ranking, the most challenging DCPS high school is School Without Walls, which he placed at 6th in the region. Mathews ranked the school 99th nationwide. (Post) Keep reading…
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Morning Bell: What’s in the future for DCPS and charters?
Top five issues to watch this year: Will charters achieve equitable funding, resist outside regulation, surpass DCPS in popularity, be authorized by Chancellor Henderson, or gain access to closed DCPS school buildings?…Will DCPS get a boundary overhaul, combine its lottery with charters, retain popularity over charters, give closed school buildings to charters, or be affected… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Education is still a civil rights battleground
Civil rights leaders address students: On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, civil rights leaders urged students at School Without Walls to continue fighting injustice, while DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan identified education as a civil right that has not yet been achieved for all. (Post)… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: New athletic league for charters
Charter students can compete: The creation of a new sports league for charter schools will allow more students to participate in sports. (Post) Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Good news for charters
Charters welcomed in DC: DCPS scores well on its response to growing charter enrollment, aside from a reluctance to share facilities with charters. And that may be changing. (Education Next) Keep reading…
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Morning Bell: Students progress towards proficient
Principal turns around failing DCPS school: Harry Hughes introduced single-sex classes, required teachers to be on time, and brought in volunteer reading tutors at Harriet Tubman Elementary School. (Post) Keep reading…
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Morning bell: DCPS girls want more athletics
Schools don’t support girls sports: Complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Education have highlighted the disparity between girls and boys sports at DC schools. Only four of 15 DCPS high schools have girls soccer teams. (Post) Keep reading…
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Afternoon bell: Summer brings difficulties
Children stay hungry: DC’s children face the highest rate of food insecurity in the nation at 30.7%, a situation that’s now worse because some schools are closed for the summer or permanently due to budget cuts. Nonprofits say they could feed more kids if they had the space. (Huffington Post) Keep reading…
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Students get free bus rides; let’s also simplify the paperwork
Starting this fall, students in DC will get to ride Metrobus for free, thanks to a budget surplus. It’s good news for kids who take the bus to school. WMATA could take advantage of this opportunity and simplify its system for student fares as well. Metro already offers a discounted fare for students, but it’s hard to take advantage of it. In order to make our family eligible… Keep reading…
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DCPS and charters team up to improve Chinese instruction
With help from DC’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education, students from 3 DCPS elementary schools are brushing up on their Chinese with help from students at Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School in Ward 5. OSSE awarded the 5-year-old school a $200,000 dissemination grant to share “best practices” in teaching Chinese. At Yu Ying, which my son… Keep reading…