Posts tagged Education
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Daycare is education. Why isn’t it better?
The cover story of the New Republic this week describes the “hell of American day care.” While it goes into detail on a few extreme cases, the article also asks a very important question. Given what we know about early childhood cognitive development, why do we treat the environment infants and toddlers find themselves in with such disregard? The article intersperses… Keep reading…
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New middle schools could keep families in Ward 5
Faced with lacking middle and high school choices, many Ward 5 families choose to send their kids to schools west of Rock Creek Park. DCPS hopes to bring them back with three reorganized middle school programs, including a brand new Brookland Middle School. My husband and I moved to the District in 2004 to start our professional careers after college, but we are staying in the city… 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…
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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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Eastern High School tries to reinvent itself with IB program
Eastern High School’s slogan is “The Pride of Capitol Hill,” but much of its student body doesn’t actually live in the neighborhood. This fall the school will begin offering the rigorous International Baccalaureate program, which it hopes will both benefit its current students and also attract more families who live nearby, including more affluent… Keep reading…
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For all we know, cheating is even more widespread
This is one half of a point-counterpoint about recent revelations over cheating on DC standardized tests at DCPS and charter schools. read the other view, by Natalie Wexler. The DC state agency entrusted to protect struggling DC schoolchildren from having their tests altered went to great lengths to cover up potential widespread cheating last Friday. Cheating could… Keep reading…
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Let’s not blow the “cheating scandal” out of proportion
This is one half of a point-counterpoint about recent revelations over cheating on DC standardized tests at DCPS and charter schools. read the other view, by Ken Archer. Of course teachers shouldn’t cheat on standardized tests that measure student performance. But let’s keep the allegations and findings about cheating in DC schools in perspective. The media… Keep reading…
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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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What do you want in Morning Bell?
Greater Greater Education has been running link roundups once or twice a week, similar to Greater Greater Washington’s Breakfast Links. As we’ve done this, a few questions have come up and we’d like to know what you want to see on Morning Bell. Greater Greater Washington Breakfast Links usually summarize news in our region, on the many topics GGW covers, such… 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…