Posts tagged School Boundaries
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Morning bell: Report on school discipline prompts legislation and yields some surprises
Ease up on preschoolers: Reacting to a recent report on school discipline from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, DC Councilmember David Grosso introduced a bill that would prohibit DCPS and charter schools from expelling or suspending pre-kindergarteners. (Post) 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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Breakfast links: A certain mindset
What the Olympics bring; Don’t put fear first; Stay cool on Metro; Why the resistance to larger boundaries?; Silver Spring gets connected; Not preserved in Chevy Chase; Now change the name?; Goats help landscape vacant lots; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: New boundary proposals raise a host of questions
Boundaries and school quality: At the first of 3 meetings on the new student assignment proposals, parents from east of the Anacostia River voiced concerns about being relegated to the District’s lower-performing schools. (Post) New middle schools?: The proposals call for 4 new middle schools and major changes in assignment patterns at that grade level, but it’s… Keep reading…
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New boundary proposals may have a better chance of increasing the number of high-quality schools
The second round of proposals issued by DC’s committee on student assignment backtracks from the idea of lotteries and returns to a system of neighborhood schools. But the new, less radical proposals may actually have a better chance of improving school quality, at least in some parts of the District. The original impetus for revising school boundaries and feeder patterns… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Back to the drawing board on student assignment proposals
Farewell to choice sets: The revised school boundary proposals return to a system of by-right neighborhood schools, but the shrinkage of boundaries for the most desirable middle and high schools will leave some residents unhappy. (Post) High school changes: Some schools, like Cardozo, Dunbar, and Eastern, would experience huge changes in their catchment areas under the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Drawing the line
New lines for schools; The Tax Warrior II; A better tax option?; Too tired?; Was it “just an accident?”; Silver Line could get a date; Where the housing is affordable; No more secret meetings; Underground railroad. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Back into the ring on changes in student assignment policies
School boundaries, round two: The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education will release another set of draft recommendations the week of June 9, which will incorporate the sometimes vociferous community feedback to the first set. Community meetings will be held the following week. (Post) Time for a mayoral debate? Muriel Bowser has said she won’t debate her rival David… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: A revolving door for DCPS principals?
DCPS losing principals: At least 8 veteran school leaders have announced they’re leaving, including some who have garnered acclaim. Jonetta Rose Barras considers the possible reasons. (Post) Savoy Elementary and the arts: Actress Kerry Washington holds up the Anacostia school as an example of how arts education can help turn a school around. (Patrick Pope, the principal,… 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…