Posts tagged Writing
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Join us for happy hour, learn to write about housing, and other great upcoming events
Tuesday night is our next happy hour in Mount Rainier, featuring Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker. Also, do you want to learn to write blog posts like the ones on Greater Greater Washington? Are you interested in talking about housing? We’ll teach you! Blogging is a powerful way to discuss our region’s issues with a greater community. To help… Keep reading…
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Anxiety abounds as DC schools roll out new, harder tests
DC’s public school students, like those around the country, are taking new, more rigorous standardized tests this month. And teachers are anxious about whether students are prepared to do the kind of reading and writing the tests require. Students in both DC Public Schools and charter schools are taking new tests designed to align with the Common Core State Standards. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Answers and questions about DC’s schools
Not taking no for an answer: The plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging school closures say they’ll appeal a ruling that DCPS closed the schools for reasons having nothing to do with discrimination. (Post) Keep reading…
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How a writing program helped Daniel and other struggling middle-grade DCPS students
[Editor’s note: During the last school year, 4 DCPS schools piloted a program that engages students in analytical writing across the curriculum. DCPS was the first school district in the nation to adopt the program on a trial basis, and it plans to expand the pilot to an additional 6 to 8 schools this fall. The program, developed by Dr. Judith C. Hochman, starts with exercises… Keep reading…
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At one DCPS high school, teachers work together to improve student’s writing
[Editor’s note: During the last school year, 4 DCPS schools piloted a program that engages students in analytical writing across the curriculum. DCPS was the first school district in the nation to adopt the program on a trial basis, and it plans to expand the pilot to an additional 6 to 8 schools this fall. The program, developed by Dr. Judith C. Hochman, starts with exercises… Keep reading…
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A new writing program wins over a skeptical DCPS high school teacher by boosting students’ skills
During the last school year, 4 DCPS schools piloted a program that engages students in analytical writing across the curriculum. DCPS was the first school district in the nation to adopt the program on a trial basis, and it plans to expand the pilot to an additional 6 to 8 schools this fall. The program, developed by Dr. Judith C. Hochman, starts with exercises at the sentence level… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Keeping disadvantaged students on track to and through college
From DC General to Georgetown U: The valedictorian at Anacostia High School, who lives in the homeless shelter at the former hospital, is going to Georgetown on a full scholarship. (Post) Going to college with a posse: Sending low-income students to colleges in groups can help them make it through to graduation. (Ed Week) The way to prevent dropouts: A relative handful of… Keep reading…
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If you want students to learn, teach them how to take notes
A recent study showed that students who take notes in longhand retain information better than those who take notes on laptops or tablets. But what about the many students, in DC and elsewhere, who don’t take notes at all? Note-taking is a hit-or-miss proposition in DCPS schools, with no prescribed approach or requirement that teachers focus on it, according to two DCPS… Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Why were charter schools an issue in New York’s mayoral race but not DC’s?
Charters here are a fact of life: None of the mayoral candidates in DC has campaigned against charter schools the way Bill deBlasio did in New York, and one reason is that New York has limited the number of charters. (Sara Mead’s Policy Notebook, Ed Week) DC faulted on low-performing schools: DC’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education hasn’t pressed… Keep reading…
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Three linchpins of education reform
What’s the one thing we need to do to make the District’s public schools great? There is no one thing. We need to do many things, all important and many interconnected. But there are three things on which we should focus, starting now. Keep reading…