Class Struggle Archive: dc schools

Despite Test Scores, Shaw Is on the Right Track

On July 11, Brian Betts, principal of D.C.’s Shaw Middle School at Garnet-Patterson, was at Dulles International Airport about to leave for a vacation in Spain. He was feeling good. His first year running a school whose students struggle...

By Washington Post editors  |  September 28, 2009; 6:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (7)
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Cheating on DC-CAS Costs Charter School

My colleague Bill Turque has uncovered this information from the D.C. schools beat: The teacher at Howard Road Academy Public Charter School suspected something was seriously amiss in April when a student taking the math portion of the DC-CAS standardized...

By Washington Post editors  |  August 12, 2009; 4:08 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (3)
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