Morning bell: Look inside a school
High school life
A new documentary premiering tonight on PBS, 180 Days, chronicles a school year at the local Washington Metropolitan High School.
Schools under mayors raise achievement
Mayoral control of school districts has a positive effect on student achievement and resource allocation, says a new report from the Center for American Progress.
Rewards for “achievers”
316 high school juniors in the District received Achievers scholarships from the College Success Foundation to help pay for college. Students will receive up to $55,000 in their quest for a higher education. (Post)
Deputy Mayor Smith
Abigail Smith, who has worked for DCPS and consulted for Public Charter School Board, will be Deputy Mayor of Education (assuming the Council confirms her). Former DME De’Shawn Wright resigned to move to New York. (Post)
Where to put Ward 5 middle school?
Officials have finalized 4 options for where to put the new Ward 5 standalone middle school. All use the property that includes Turkey Thicket and the (closed) Brookland Elementary School. (Brookland Bridge)
Maddening incentives
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan suggests tying college basketball coaches’ salaries to their athletes’ school performance. (USA Today)
Pop Tart guns OK?
Marland legislators may protect students from being suspended or expelled for having non-gun but gun-shaped object, after an Anne Arundel school suspended a 7-year-old for making a gun-shaped Pop-Tart. (Answer Sheet)