Tag Archives: DC City Council
SHORT READS: THURSDAY, APRIL 18
McDuffie presses inspector general for more information on D.C. schools cheating probe (Washington Post) Financial Literacy Standards Rolled Out for K-12 (Education Week) Arne Duncan Urges Business Leaders to Defend Common Core (Education Week) Measure Education Reform by Quality, Not Quantity (Afro-American) Report: D.C. public schools get about $13k more per student than charters (Washington […]
D.C. Council committee approves amended truancy bill
Via The Washington Post: By Emma Brown A bill meant to curb the District’s rampant truancy moved forward in the D.C. Council on Wednesday after its sponsor stripped out a controversial provision that would have mandated criminal prosecution of parents of chronically absent children. The council’s Education Committee voted unanimously in favor of the amended bill, which […]
SHORT READS: MONDAY, JANUARY 28
D.C. Council member David Catania takes charge of new Education Committee (Washington Post) DC Democrats Sell Minority Students’ Education Short (Front Page Mag) Finding Students’ Hidden Strengths and Passions (Edutopia) The Federal Role in Education Today: How We Got Here and Where We Need to Go (Education Week) D.C. Council member David Catania takes charge of new Education Committee […]
SHORT READ: THURSDAY JULY 12
Alarms Sounded As Federal Education Cuts Loom N.Y. may add family, cultural factors to private placement decisions Bill Gates Talks Teacher Evaluation, Common Core at ECS Forum D.C. Parents and Students Protest Cuts to School Librarians 3 members of DC Council call on Mayor Gray to resign; Grays defends leadership
Let Your Voice Be Heard: FY 2013 Budget for Public Education
By Boris Chumak For the past few weeks, there have been alarming concerns from D.C. teachers about the FY 2013 Initial Budget Allocations for public schools. With some schools facing severe budget cuts of as much as $1 million, D.C. students will lose crucial educators and support staff including special education coordinators, librarians and media […]
