Posts tagged Charter Schools
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Should charters also be neighborhood schools?
At-large councilmember David Grosso has introduced a bill to allow DC charter schools to give priority to students in their neighborhood for admissions. Supporters say it will strengthen neighborhoods, while opponents worry it would further disadvantage children from poorer areas. It’s not a new idea. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Here we go again
White House floats 2014 budget; MoCo ped enforcement to target drivers, too; Charter preference lives; Area home prices reach historic highs; “ABRA-ization of development”?; Greenway drivers seeing red; Baker gets partial school control; How’s the gender gap?; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Sharing is caring
DC school facilities plan considers charters; DC truancy bill passes committee; New Jersey takes over Camden schools; Indiana vouchers upheld; New NAEP will test technology literacy; Innumeracy is like dyslexia?; TFA is actually valuable; Autism warning signs infographic. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Closure challenge coming
Closure opponents may sue; Less tolerance for zero tolerance; Idaho is illegal; Quest for a preschool; How poor students fare; Top colleges don’t get poor studens; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: ... Unless it’s about race (or KIPP)
MoCo scores up, racial/ethnic gap too; NoVA Latino students facing ‘resegregating’ schools; Test scores rise at charters, drop in DCPS; Initial DCPS budget stirs opposition; KIPP seeks to build second DC high school; More on Mathematica’s KIPP report; A look at educational reform in New Orleans. Keep reading…
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How school tiers match up with Walk Score
One of the best effects of open data is when people correlate data sets from very different places to generate interesting information. This graph cleverly combines DC’s school quality tiers (known as “accountability categories”) with Walk Score: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ride and learn
Better understand the Silver Line; Gripes on the Metro; Transfer delays dissuade transit riders; Drive-by wounds 13 in NoMA; KIPP wants to build at Randall; Too many schools?; Washington isn’t richest; And…; And and…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: It’s always charters and school closures
Data backs up KIPP performance; KIPP DC expels many students; Closing schools hurt neighborhoods; Highest-paid first-year teachers?; Enrollment is now up; LA races judge school reform; Are schools suppressing diversity?; Common Core backlash…already?; Surprise, internships matter!. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Stay in school
Longer school days?; School closed, keep students; What sequestration means; Sequester, Dr. Seuss style; Associate’s degree better than bachelor’s?; Truancy rates frustrate council; KIPP students soar. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stay safe
Dangerous intersections; Bad scheduling kills door bill; Communication breakdown; Don’t play favorites; A very particular set of skills; Don’t dis Anacostia; And…. Keep reading…