Posts tagged David Catania
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Breakfast links: Navy Yard alleged shooter dead
DC Navy Yard shooting kills 12, wounds 14; MoCo settles over land dispute with church; Maryland court allows hospital expansion; Labor and wage debate continues in DC; How cops treat cyclists in DC; Arlington gets density and dollars; Virginia gets more transportation funding; Transportation focused PAC gains power in NYC. 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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Mayor announces 9 Career Academies for DC youth
Mayor Gray yesterday announced the creation of 9 Career Academies within public high schools. The Academies will operate as schools-within-schools and provide career-specific internships and occupational training integrated with regular high school coursework. The Academies, based on a model found nationwide, are expected to boost academic and occupational… Keep reading…
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DCPS summer school enrollment is up, but attrition is high
Summer isn’t just for lounging around anymore. DCPS’s kindergarten-through-8th-grade summer school program enrolled and retained more students this year than last. But many still don’t make it all the way through. On the first day of its K-8 summer school program this year, DCPS had almost 2500 students signed up, about 60 more than last year. Attendance… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stereotypes
“Gentrifiers” aren’t all white; Bad apples lead to viral videos; Simmons: Roads not rights; Primary will stay a joke; Food trucks get compromise; Bag fee just for food?; Chevy Chase Lake gets changes; Make the MBT safer; Talk bike lanes, safe streets; And…. Keep reading…
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Catania’s reforms, part 2: Ending “social promotion”
Last week, Councilmember David Catania announced 7 proposals to restructure operations at DC Public Schools (DCPS). Yesterday we looked at a bill that would give some schools extra money, and school principals control over their budgets. Another bill would discourage the practice of “social promotion.” In social promotion, a school advances a child to a new… Keep reading…
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Catania’s reforms, part 1: School funding and autonomy
Four days ago, Councilmember David Catania announced 7 proposals to restructure DC Public Schools’ operations. I’ll look at each of his proposals in turn, starting in this article with a proposal to change how much money each school receives, and who controls it. Presently, DCPS gives funds to each school based on the size of its student body. With a few exceptions,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Welcome
More tourists for DC; Robberies up on Metro; DC ready for armed march; Raid affordable housing for summer school; Route 1 urban or suburban?; Transit union opposes Circulator; “Roll models” help women bike; Seriously, chill, NYC; And…. Keep reading…
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Education leaders want to end application “madness”
Parents trying to apply to out-of-boundary DC public schools or charter schools have to deal with a dizzying array of separate applications and last-minute shuffles. “It’s madness we’ve sent parents through,” said Councilmember David Catania last night, and called for a unified application and lottery for DCPS and charter schools. Catania was… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Not their job
Low test scores, fire custodians?; Henderson addresses cheating; Graduation rate up… a bit; Charter can’t expand; Change the funding formula?; Obama cuts vouchers; Some don’t believe in public education; Get a D, mommy can’t eat?. Keep reading…