Posts tagged Education
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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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Does DCPS need application-only schools east of the river?
DC Public Schools must serve both “kids who are ready to learn” and “under-performing kids,” according to David Catania, chair of the DC Council’s Education Committee. To accomplish this, he has asked DCPS to think about application-only secondary schools east of the river. Will this strategy improve options for District families, especially… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Around the table
Catania hosts DC edu-leaders; Can’t get a UDC degree in that; 3rd graders need to read; Debt: college’s new normal; Waivers, mapped; Report explores ESEA waivers; Wealth affects graduation rates; New anti-“reform” organization; And…. Keep reading…
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School lottery demand shows sharp east-west divide
Parents who have applied to preschool, pre-kindergarten, or out-of-boundary lotteries for DC public schools are anxiously looking at the results today. These lotteries are far from equally competitive; the most desired schools are all in 4 wards of the city, while the least in-demand are all in 3 other wards in the eastern part of the city. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Out with the old
Go higher?; Longer Metro; Old Metro radios; Financial outlook cloudy?; The shadow knows; Bocce balls come to Ballston; And…. Keep reading…
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Tackling truancy, part 1: Must we prosecute parents?
How can the students learn what they must, if they aren’t coming to school when they must? Councilmember David Catania, chair of the newly-resurrected education committee has been asking this question. He has proposed prosecuting parents whose kids miss school. Is that the right approach? Whether it is or not, none else have suggested any alternative. In retrospect,… 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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Parent hopes Glover Park schools can meet his kids’ needs
A Glover Park father and likely future Stoddert parent wrote in with his thoughts on how education affects his family’s thinking about where to live — especially with his child’s special circumstances. Thank you for launching the new education site. This topic has been especially an important topic for us. When we were looking for houses last year, we wanted… Keep reading…
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Let’s make education greater with a new blog
Now that Greater Greater Washington is 5 (or 35 in blog years), we’re pleased to announce we’re having a baby (blog)! We’ve launched Greater Greater Education, a forum to explore how to improve education in DC. Please head over there now to read today’s article by Laura Dallas McSorley on pre-K successes, Shree Chauhan’s “Morning Bell”… Keep reading…
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There’s much to celebrate about pre-K in DC
As a former teacher, passionate education watcher, and eventual future parent in DC, there are a lot of things I want to change about the way we educate kids. It’s easy to overlook where we’re doing well and have already improved greatly. One such area is pre-kindergarten education. President Obama made early childhood education a central focus of his State of the… Keep reading…