D.C. approves four new charter schools
Four new charter schools — including the District’s first Hebrew-immersion program — have been approved to open in 2013, on top of four new schools opening their doors this fall. [THE EXAMINER]
D.C.’s Marion Barry called ‘racist’ for remark about Filipino nurses
For the second time in less than a month, DC Council member Marion Barry is having to fend off criticism that he unfairly singled out an ethnic group… [THE WASHINGTON POST]
Stoddert DC’s First-Ever DOE Green Ribbon School
Stoddert Elementary School in Ward 3 has been named a Green Ribbon School by the US Department of Education, making it the first-ever public school… [THE WASHINGTON INFORMER]
Accountability Moving Beyond Math, Reading Tests
As states seek waivers under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, one effect may be to chip away at the dominance reading and math have had when it comes to school accountability. [EDUCATION WEEK]
A Brooklyn School Saved Lives, and Some Now Try to Return the Favor
was 18 years old with a baby and three high school credits. I was a gangbanger. I was shot and left for dead. My life was a pane of glass fractured into a thousand shards. And this place saved me.[NEW YORK TIMES]
NY principals: A ‘wrecking ball’ of reform aimed at schools
The past week has been a nightmare for New York students in Grades 3 through 8, their teachers and their principals. Not only were the New York State ELA [English Language Arts] exams too long and exhausting for young students. [THE WASHINGTON POST]
Illinois School Bus Fees? Schools May Soon Charge Students For Bus Rides
As school districts statewide complain about the mounting costs of transporting their students, the Illinois State Board of Education could soon allow for schools to either charge fees for students riding buses or stop busing them altogether. [THE HUFFINGTON POST]
Special Education Teacher Evaluation Methods A Struggle
Since the first day of class this school year, Bev Campbell has been teaching her students how to say their names. Some of the children in her class have autism. Others have Down syndrome or other disabilities. “People don’t understand where they’ve come from,” she says. “It’s slow.” [THE HUFFINGTON POST]
Budget outlook bleaker for Fairfax schools
The Fairfax County Federation of Teachers on Thursday sent Fairfax school board members a “letter of no confidence” in Chairwoman Jane K. Strauss, citing her “misrepresentation of the approved budget” during a presentation before the Board of Supervisors last week. [THE WASHINGTON POST]
