Posts tagged Scholarships
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Morning bell: What do parents want?
Test results every year?: With ongoing debate over whether new curriculum standards should justify a “testing holiday,” Jay Mathews asks parents to weigh in on whether they would be willing to go for a year without getting test results. (Post) No change in school boundaries?: Jonetta Rose Barras acknowledges anxiety among parents about the re-examination of… Keep reading…
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Does Catania’s scholarship plan promise enough?
Councilmember David Catania has proposed a tuition-assistance program that would help lower-income DC students pay for college. So-called “Promise” scholarship programs have been tried elsewhere, with mixed success. Catania’s program, unveiled a month ago, would provide scholarships of up to $20,000 a year to students who both graduate from a DCPS… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Look inside a school
High school life; Schools under mayors raise achievement; Rewards for “achievers”; Deputy Mayor Smith; Where to put Ward 5 middle school?; Maddening incentives; Pop Tart guns OK?. Keep reading…