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"Growing Our Own" Corps of Nurses

Patricia McGuire | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Mayor Vincent Gray, Marion Barry Filipino Nurses, Nursing Education, DC Public Schools, Dcps, Marion Barry, School Reform, Nursing Shortages, Black-White-Achievement-Gap, Dc, Filipino Nurses, Dc Nurses, DC News

To get more D.C. residents into the nursing pipeline and through the gateways for the burgeoning health care professions in all fields, we have to get serious about the expectations for math and science education at all levels.

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Fighting 30+ DCPS Closures (And Walmart) In Chocolate City to Empower DC

Head-Roc | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Mayor Vincent Gray, Walton Family Foundation, Dc Education, Adrian Fenty, Dcps, DC Public Schools, School Closings, DC News

It's excruciatingly hard for me to believe that I live in the nation's capitol where over 30 DC public schools, serving mostly Black and Brown American communities, are being recommended for closure.

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How Sleuths Catch Cheater Teachers

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Dcps, Education, Video, Atlanta Cheating Scandal, Arne Duncan, Obama Education, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Dcps Cheating, Standardized Tests, Obama Administration, Cheating, Kaya Henderson, Georgia Teachers, Washington Dc Cheating, Education News

The first time Bob Wilson, a former DeKalb County, Georgia, district attorney, interviewed educators suspected of cheating on exams in 56 Atlanta scho...

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Suspended Disbelief

Judith Sandalow | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: School Discipline, Suspension, School Suspensions, Dcps, Dc Schools, Elementary School Suspensions, Tools of the Mind, Student Suspension, DC News

Monday's front page story in the Washington Post focused on the high rate of elementary school suspensions. Understandably, many people find it hard to believe this form of discipline is used so often with children so young.

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Should D.C. Force Its Students To Apply To College?

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Dcps, Video, Kwame Brown, Mandated College Applications, District of Columbia, College Education, District of Columbia Public Schools, Sat, D.C. Public Schools, College Applications, Act, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Should District of Columbia public and charter high school students be required to apply for college or trade school in order to graduat...

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Student Performance Measurement Used In Education Policy Flunks -- Paper

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Test Scores, Dcps, Education, Mathematica, Washington DC Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Standardized Tests, Education Reform, Nclb Reauthorization, Nclb, Education Research, Education News

Education policies that affect millions of students have long been tied to test scores, but a new paper suggests those scores are regularly misinterpr...

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Let's Blame All the Teachers!

Patricia McGuire | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Teacher Evaluations, Dcps-Teachers, Student Learning Outcomes, Teacher Evaluation System, School Reform, Education Reform, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Assessment, Dcps, DC News

For teachers who choose to devote their life's work to some of the most difficult classrooms in America, such as here in D.C., the testing imperative becomes a monumental disincentive to stay in the classroom for any length of time.

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Back to School in the Nation's Capital

Lindsey Buss | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Dc Education Programs, Dc Education, Dcps, Martha's Table Teen Program, Martha's Table, Washington Dc Schools, Dc Graduation Rates, Dc Schools, DC Public Schools, Dcps Graduation Rates, Dc Impact, DC News

Back to School. A time of excitement, anxiety and... failure?

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D.C. Schools Revises Controversial Teacher Evaluation System

Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Teacher Evaluations, Dc Impact, Dc Teacher Evaluations, Dcps, Washington Dc Teacher Evaluations, Washington DC Public Schools, DC Public Schools, Washington DC, Kaya Henderson, Education Reform, Impact, Video, Education News

Teachers in D.C. Public Schools who perform well will see some easing from a controversial evaluation process introduced by former DCPS Chancellor Mic...

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DC Public Schools Prepares for Hurricane Irene

DCPS.gov | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Hurricane Irene, Education, Dcps, Natural Disasters, DC Public Schools, Education News

District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is working to prepare our buildings and school community this weekend for Hurricane Irene, which is expecte...

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Should Teachers Earn Performance-Based Bonuses? NYC And Study Says...

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: New York Public Schools, Dcps, Performance Incentives, Teacher Incentives, Teacher Bonuses, Teacher Bonuses Student Tests, Standardized Tests, New York, New York City, New York City Schools, DC Public Schools, Teacher Bonuses Efficacy, Teacher Merit Pay, Merit Pay, New York Schools, Teachers, Rand Study, Education News

Teachers who receive cash incentives don't prove to have more positive attitudes toward their work, nor do they yield better performing students, acco...

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D.C. Schools Fires More Than 400 Teachers

Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Impact, Teacher Evaluations, Dcps, Dc Schools, Michelle Rhee, Kaya Henderson, Dc Teachers, Washington Dc Schools, Washington DC, Cheating, Teachers, Dcps Teachers, Teachers Cheating, d.c. Teacher Evaluations, Education News

D.C. Public schools fired 413 teachers today as a result of poor annual evaluations. This year, 663 Washington Teachers' Union members will be rece...

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Calling Bill Maher

Sam Chaltain | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Dcps, Waiting for Superman, Education, Bill Maher, Documentary, Cheating, Bill Maher New Rule, Education Reform, Public Education, Education News

I've decided we need to do something drastic if we want to shake ourselves out of this surreal set of conversations about school reform. We need Bill Maher to make a documentary about education.

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Teaching as an Art Form

Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dcps, Art, Education, Elementary, Teacher Preparation, Mcps, Science, Theory, Profession, Shaun Johnson, Teaching, Charter School, Education News

Even as someone who engages in the more scientific or theoretical aspects of teaching, I start to wonder if we really want to go all in here with this very techno-rational mentality.

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Michelle Rhee: School Reform Savior or Political Opportunist?

Brock Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patt Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, Education, Dcps, David Guggenheim, Education Reform, Public Education, Value-Added, Waiting for Superman, Mchelle Rhee, Washington D.C. Schools, Youtube Videos, Charter Schools, Education News

If Michelle Rhee were to walk into my classroom, my guess is she'd probably jump out of her skin with angst and fury at the dearth of Scantron sheets, multiple choice test prep packets, and #2 pencils.

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Rhee Got Results, but Will They Last?

Mimi Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kati Haycock, Michelle Rhee, Dcps, Vincent Gray, Harvard University, Education Nation, Education Trust, James Heckman, Michelle Rhee Resignation, Teachers Union, Education Reform, Pre-K, Education News

Michelle Rhee saw the "toxic" stress DC's children were suffering from. She knew she had to get the youngest into quality programs and fast, or she was going to lose them. In just three years she's made huge gains in Pre-K.

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Rebirth or Dungeon? Inside a Notorious DC High School

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anacostia High School, Education, Dcps, Sojourner Truth, Michelle Rhee, Charter Schools, Michelle Obama, No Child Left Behind, Michelle Obama Anacostia, Washington DC, Washington Post, Education Reform, Public Education, Nclb, Politics News

I visited the Sojourner Truth Academy for ninth-graders on Friday, June 18. When I asked a student who gave me a tour of the building what the best part of school was for him, he told me: "the teachers... but they're all leaving."

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D.C. Mayor and City Council Blame Each Other for Shock Teacher Layoffs

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Michelle Rhee, Dc Council, Dcps, Vincent Gray, Eduction Reform, American Federation of Teachers, Charter Schools, No Child Left Behind, DC City Council, Washington Post, Teachers Union, Adrian Fenty, Teachers, Politics News

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee announced that a reduction in force of public school teachers had become unavoidable, and schools are in full-on panic mode.

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Mass Teacher Layoffs in D.C. Amount To One Hell of a Power Play by Michelle Rhee

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Rhee's mislaid battle of gutting the union and purging veteran teachers will leave an experience and institutional knowledge vacuum that no quantity of super-caffeinated 22-year-old Yalies can remake.

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