D.C. Schools Insider: April 4, 2010 - April 10, 2010
Are Metro's dedicated school lines in peril?
Here's an item from my colleagues Michael Birnbaum and Jenna Johnson: Buried within a long list of possible WMATA service cuts is the elimination of dedicated Metrobus service to 10 D.C. public schools. But a metro board member's office said...
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April 9, 2010; 6:15 PM ET |
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Study shows paying kids for good grades, behavior is working
The first results of the District's experiment with paying middle schoolers who produce good grades and behavior are now available.They show that the kids helped most are those with serious behavioral problems. Details of the four-city project, led by Harvard...
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April 9, 2010; 9:52 AM ET |
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Gray warns of strings on private ed dollars
D.C. Council Chairman and mayoral candidate Vincent C.Gray said Thursday he welcomes the DCPS-WTU tentative agreement, but that the council will take a hard look at the $64.5 million in foundation largesse embedded in the pact. "While I appreciate and...
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April 8, 2010; 6:37 PM ET |
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Rhee funds contract with Houston connection
A Houston foundation created by a billionaire hedge fund manager who began his career as a trader for Enron would finance part of the proposed contract between DCPS and the Washington Teachers' Union. The Laura and John Arnold Foundation would...
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April 8, 2010; 1:05 PM ET |
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DC Teachers contract settled
Update, 8:47 p.m.: For details, see the union's Q&A here and highlights here. (Both are pdfs.) Original post: D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee and the Washington Teachers' Union have reached tentative agreement on a new contract, ending more than...
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April 6, 2010; 8:09 PM ET |
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DCPS enrollment redux
Back in January, I asked District officials for enrollment projections developed by the 21st Century Schools Fund , the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution. After disagreements last spring between the D.C. Council and Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee over trends...
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April 4, 2010; 10:31 PM ET |
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