Spring break for seniors: community service
The pressure is on. With weeks slipping by until senior year ends, Bianca Rodriguez is making a final push to complete the graduation requirement she overlooked for most of high school: community service. [THE WASHINGTON POST]
Friction grows between DCPS, teachers
On Monday at noon, the Washington Teachers’ Union plans to march on city hall to protest proposed budget cuts that would increase class sizes and cut special education positions in the city’s school system. [THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER]
DCPS graduation rate: Some good news
While DCPS saw a 27 percent drop (73 percent to 53 percent) when it applied the new formula required by the federal government to determine the 2011 rate, it’s worth noting that four-year completion improved from 73 percent to 80 percent under the old calculus. [THE WASHINGTON POST]
The homework trap and what to do about it
There are many parents whose major concern is not public policy but what will happen at home tonight. They are not Tiger Moms, but ordinary parents who simply want the best for their children. These parents start out with the full intention of supporting the teachers and their children’s schools. Yet, something goes wrong along the way as they and their children fall into a homework trap. [THE WASHINGTON POST]
The city’s push to close eight high schools in Queens has sparked fears that the borough’s remaining schools could soon get an influx of new students. [NY DAILY NEWS]
