Posts tagged Hardy School
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To keep its best principals, DCPS needs to give them more autonomy
After 35 years as a teacher and principal in DC Public Schools, during which he managed to turn around two struggling schools, Patrick Pope resigned, becoming part of a wave of high turnover among DCPS principals in recent years. He’s now principal of a charter school. If DCPS administrators want to retain successful school leaders like Pope, they need to trust their judgment… Keep reading…
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Hardy Middle School sets out to court neighborhood parents
Hardy Middle School has launched an effort to attract more students from within its school boundaries. If the effort is successful, out-of-boundary students who see Hardy as a big improvement over their neighborhood schools may end up out of luck. At Hardy Middle School in upper Georgetown, only 11% of students are in-boundary. Although the area around the school is overwhelmingly… Keep reading…
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DCPS cancels promised arts magnet middle school
District parents are without clear plans for middle school expansions after DCPS officials canceled the planning process for a new arts magnet middle school. DCPS officials confirmed the suspension with Greater Greater Washington last week and said the need for a city-wide comprehensive middle school plan required “rethinking all our options.” DCPS officials… Keep reading…
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Cheh appoints self to school board by giving up on Hardy
DC Public School leaders were caught by surprise this week when DC Council member Mary Cheh tried to intervene in the school planning process by demanding a new middle school be built in Ward 3. The proposal for a new Ward 3 middle school represents an about face on the part of Ward 3 parents and Cheh. For the past 2 years, they called for changes at Ward 2’s Hardy Middle… Keep reading…
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Rhee feared Hardy principal was weeding out poor kids
A new book on Michelle Rhee, The Bee Eater by journalist Richard Whitmire, reports an eyebrow-raising claim: That former Hardy Middle School principal Patrick Pope manipulated the admissions process to reduce the numbers of poor students gaining admission to the school. Could this be true? A high-level education administrator who served in the Fenty administration… Keep reading…