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Activists Targeting U.S. Schools, Backed By Big Bucks

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

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By Stephanie Simon May 15 (Reuters) - During her tumultuous three years at the head of the Washington D.C. public schools, Michelle Rh...

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Teacher Fired For Traumatizing Math Problems For Third Graders

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.05.2012

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A Washington, D.C. teacher who sent home violent, morbid and traumatizing math problems to third graders from Center City Public Charter School's Trin...

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Thousands Of D.C. Students Suspended Before They Can Spell

The Washington Post | Donna St. George | Posted 04.14.2012

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Thousands of elementary students were suspended from public schools last year in Washington and its suburbs, some of them so young that they were lear...

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The Nation's Young Hit Hard By Recession, Squeezed Out Of Early Education

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.18.2012

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WASHINGTON — The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been reversed in some states as school districts cope with shr...

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D.C. Schools Students Reveal High Rates Of Sex, Fear And Suicide Attempts

Posted 11.28.2011

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D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson had some revealing statistics to share with city council members Tuesday -- almost 10 percent of 8th gra...

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D.C. Students To Be Tested On Sex Education, Drugs

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia public schools are planning to test students on their knowledge of human sexuality, contraception and drug use this...

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Back to School in the Nation's Capital

Lindsey Buss | Posted 11.14.2011

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Lindsey Buss

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

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D.C. Schools Closed In Earthquake Aftermath

Georgetown, D.C. Patch | Shaun Courtney | Posted 10.24.2011

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Updated 7:12 a.m. All District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) will be closed Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, to allow for a thorough assessment of sch...

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Michelle Rhee Eager For Spotlight, But Not In Cheating Scandal

The New York Times | MICHAEL WINERIP | Posted 10.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Why won't Michelle Rhee talk to USA Today? Ms. Rhee, the chancellor of the Washington public schools from 2007 to 2010, is the nation...

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D.C. Educator: Teachers Are Overpaid

Education Week | Michael Bromley | Posted 10.03.2011

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Note: Michael Bromley, a teacher in Washington, DC, is guest-posting this week. My colleagues groan when I say it, and then tell me to shut up: tea...

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D.C. Schools Fires More Than 400 Teachers

Posted 09.14.2011

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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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Did Data-Driven Accountability Cause the Atlanta Cheating Scandal?

John Thompson | Posted 09.11.2011

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John Thompson

It is a result of the situational ethics of today's accountability hawks. The end, of helping poor children, is used to justify disgusting means -- the intimidation of adults to the point where some break under the pressure.

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DC School Teacher Fired For 'Testing Impropriety'

Washington Examiner | By: Steve Chapman | Posted 09.07.2011

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D.C. Public Schools fired a teacher for a "confirmed testing impropriety" during this spring's round of standardized testing, Chancellor Kaya Henderso...

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Mystery Continues: More Suspicious Letters Containing White Powder Turn Up At D.C. Schools

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 07.06.2011

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WASHINGTON — More than three dozen suspicious but apparently harmless letters addressed to District of Columbia schools appear to have been mail...

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National Hug-an-Accountant Month

Aaron Hurst | Posted 06.12.2011

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Aaron Hurst

I propose we dub this stressful time of year "National Hug-an-Accountant Month" in honor of the behind-the-scenes hard work these unsung professionals do for nonprofits and the community.

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Putting The Rumors To Rest: The Truth About The D.C. Schools Investigation

Michelle Rhee | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Testing, Michelle Rhee, Caveon, Test Scores, Student Achievement, DC Public Schools, Washington Dc Schools, Standardized Testing, DC School Cheating, Noyes Campus, Noyes School Cheating, Education News
Michelle Rhee

USA Today's reports on the reliability of student test scores unfairly leave the impression district leaders avoided an investigation into possible cheating. Further, it implies cheating was widespread. I'd like to set the record straight.

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House Votes To Reinstate D.C. School Vouchers

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 05.31.2011

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to reinstate school vouchers for District of Columbia students, reviving the only...

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Will The New D.C. Mayor Keep Michelle Rhee's Reforms?

Richard Whitmire | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Whitmire

For Gray, assessing Rhee's record in D.C. presents a dilemma. His supporters despise her. But Gray has good reasons for ignoring all the noise.

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The Michelle Rhee You Don't Know

Richard Whitmire | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Whitmire

Rhee decided to take the D.C. fight nationally with StudentsFirst, a group that she wants to counter all the forces she sees as only pretending to put the interest of students first.

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Boehner: Vouchers Should Be Basis For National Bipartisan Reform

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — GOP House Speaker John Boehner and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman introduced legislation Wednesday to revive a school voucher progr...

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Michelle Rhee: School Reform Savior or Political Opportunist?

Brock Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brock Cohen

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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'I Have the Potential to Be the Best, but All You See Are Results on the Test'

John Thompson | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Thompson

Is it possible that adults could learn from these wonderful kids and treat students as more than test scores?

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Faced With High Student Hunger, DC Schools Start Serving Dinner

Posted 05.25.2011

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In one of the poorest regions in the country, Washington DC public schools are struggling to cope with high spikes in poverty in recent years. Accord...

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