Posts tagged Osse
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Morning bell: Money isn’t flowing to students who need it
District accuses charter managers of self-dealing: DC’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against three former officials at Options PCS alleging they diverted millions of dollars meant to help the school’s at-risk students. Also indicted were WUSA9 anchor J.C. Haywood and former CFO of the DC Public Charter School Board Jeremy Williams. The defendants deny any… Keep reading…
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Allegations on test scores miss the whole story
DC Council Education Committee Chair David Catania has alleged that testing officials inflated the percentage of students reported as “proficient” on standardized tests given earlier this year. Officials say they were just trying to ensure this year’s scores could be compared with those from previous years. But according to multiple sources, the real… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: DC CAS scores are questioned, but SAT is up
Test scoring method creates controversy: The Post revealed that DC’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education quietly chose a scoring method for last year’s standardized tests that resulted in a higher overall proficiency rate. Councilmember David Catania claims OSSE’s decision amounts to “cheating.” But OSSE defends its scoring choice… Keep reading…
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New superintendent of education is not new to DC
Last week the Mayor appointed Jesús Aguirre, the current director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, to the position of state superintendent of education. Aguirre does have a background in education, but will it be enough to positively affect education policy in the district? Aguirre has worked as a science teacher in Los Angeles, a charter school operator in Arizona,… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Honors are awarded to schools, students
Local high schools are ranked: According to Jay Mathews’ annual ranking, the most challenging DCPS high school is School Without Walls, which he placed at 6th in the region. Mathews ranked the school 99th nationwide. (Post) Keep reading…
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The Deputy Mayor for Education explains her role
We asked Abigail Smith, the Deputy Mayor for Education, to tell us about her job. Here’s her guest post. I often hear the following question: With a Chancellor, a Public Charter School Board, and a State Superintendent of Education, what does the Deputy Mayor for Education do? There are lots of cooks in DC’s education kitchen, and it can be hard to sort out who… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: New athletic league for charters
Charter students can compete: The creation of a new sports league for charter schools will allow more students to participate in sports. (Post) Keep reading…
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Here’s the DC school ranking you should be looking at
People make a lot of decisions based on school test scores. Parents select schools for their children. Administrators fire principals and close schools. But few realize that they are using the wrong scores to make these important decisions. Most people use the “percent proficiency” score, which measures what percentage of the students in… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Off to the races
Who won; Who’s running, leaving; Struck around the region; Church wants to move bike lane; Slow down in Arlington; Takoma TOD plan 2.0; Is artificial turf hazardous?; Fundrise: investment or donation?; On the calendar. Keep reading…
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DCPS and charters team up to improve Chinese instruction
With help from DC’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education, students from 3 DCPS elementary schools are brushing up on their Chinese with help from students at Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School in Ward 5. OSSE awarded the 5-year-old school a $200,000 dissemination grant to share “best practices” in teaching Chinese. At Yu Ying, which my son… Keep reading…