Posts tagged Michelle Obama
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Breakfast links: Rape on Metro
Metro doesn’t mention crime; Obama sticks up for DC; Presidential neighbors; Mom is my roommate; Starter home struggles; The shunning economy; District of data; Preparing for the surge; Sidewalk’s closed. Now you’ll know; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, taking stock
Where to now for DC?: Although DC’s schools remain largely segregated, Colbert King says DC is right to focus on allocating resources to low-performing schools. But Sam Chaltain urges using school choice as a way to create more diversity. (Post; Of, By, For/Ed Week) Brown’s questionable legacy: De facto racial segregation has increased in schools in the Northeastern… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Questions about the Common Core, including DC’s test choice
Some raise questions about DC’s choice of Common Core test: Two different testing consortiums offer assessments that are based on the new curriculum standards, and critics are asking whether DC has chosen the wrong one to begin implementing next year. (Post) Surveys show that teachers are warming up to the Common Core: Two reports show that a majority of teachers think… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: DC schools may get more money per pupil, but how much aid will those pupils get for college?
More money for DC schools?: A DC-government commissioned study has recommended that funding increase by about $2,000 per pupil, and that poor and other “at-risk” students should get more than that. The study, which will form the basis for Mayor Vincent Gray’s budget, also concluded that DC has not been funding charter schools at a level equal to DCPS schools,… 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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Breakfast links: No respect in Congress
Conservatives want cuts to transit, DC; Top transportation Democrat a roads guy; Armed robbery on Metro last month; Gray makes DMPED pick & others; News from the Walmart front; Hit and runs in the region; Kenilworth Ave to get sidewalks, bike lanes; Arlington improves traffic signal network; And…. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: making an impact
She’s welcome to post on GGW: Michelle Obama told 60 Minutes the Obamas hope to “have an impact” on DC. DCist will believe it when they see it, remembering that Bill Clinton briefly visited Georgia Avenue after his election and that was about it. Keep reading…