Posts tagged 9th Grade
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Morning bell: Community schools may get the axe, but a school farm gets a reprieve
Nipping community schools in the bud?: This year DC funded a new program that uses schools as hubs for providing social services, but there’s no funding in next year’s proposed budget to sustain or expand the effort just as it’s getting off the ground. (DCFPI) Reprieve for farm at DCPS school: A one-acre urban farm at the Walker-Jones Education Campus off North… Keep reading…
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Henderson says higher scores show extended day works
Recently released test scores show that extended school day programs work, says Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson. Whether she’ll be able to expand them to more schools may depend on the newly elected president of the Washington Teachers Union. Last year 8 DCPS schools experimented with an extended school day, and 7 of them showed gains on the 2013 DC CAS in both reading… Keep reading…
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DCPS will split out those repeating 9th grade
DCPS will start separating first-time 9th-graders from students repeating 9th grade this fall, in all neighborhood high schools, and assigning some repeaters to “twilight academies.” High school students who are on track will clearly benefit, but it’s less clear what this will mean for those who are held back. For many DCPS students, 9th grade is a make-or-break… Keep reading…