Posts tagged No Child Left Behind
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DC is about to blow its chance to make schools more than tests
What gets tested, it’s said, gets taught—and by the same token, what doesn’t get tested gets ignored. Just look at how the school curriculum has shriveled since the advent of high-stakes testing in reading and math fifteen years ago. Now DC has a chance to reverse some of that unintended damage. And it’s about to blow that chance. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: From traffic to transit
Purple proposals are in; DC traffic fines climb; Multimodal demands on 395; Putting up money for murals; Prince William transit woes; Holy affordable housing; No school left behind; Bridging VA to MD; And…. Keep reading…
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Want to know how the proposed DCPS feeder patterns line up with school quality? Check out this graphic.
This map matches the DCPS feeder patterns proposed by the advisory committee on student assignment with school performance categories. Red schools are in the lowest category and dark green are in the highest, with others falling in between. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: DCPS responds to competition from charters
Knocking on students’ doors: DCPS is sending principals door-to-door to boost enrollment, with training provided by political campaign experts. (Post) Not enough coordination?: A new science-oriented charter school will open this fall across the street from a DCPS school with the same focus, leading DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson to call for joint planning between… Keep reading…
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Turning around a failing DCPS school isn’t impossible, but you need the right principal
There’s no set formula for the notoriously difficult task of turning around a failing school. But if you find the right principal and give him or her enough resources and freedom, you might be on your way. The pace of improvement at DCPS schools has generally been painfully slow, but a few have seen significant gains in proficiency in recent years while continuing to serve… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: More students take AP classes, with varying levels of success
The number who pass AP exams varies across the region: The number of students who take AP classes has almost doubled nationwide in the past 10 years, and the number of low-income students has almost quadrupled. Maryland led the country in the percentage of seniors who earned passing scores last year, with 30%, and Virginia was close behind at 28%. In DC, an entirely urban district, the… Keep reading…
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Don’t leave behind the good parts of No Child Left Behind
Despite its high price tag and the level of compromise required for passage, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) correctly answered the question of how to improve education in America (for the most part). But to truly improve on student performance, it needs diligent enforcement and to commit resources to classrooms that have so far been lacking. The 2001 passage of NCLB was a rare… Keep reading…