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D.C. schools offer students breakfast in the classroom

Sharon Robinson, left, and Edna Owens deliver breakfast boxes to classrooms at Southeast Elementary Academy in a program that began two years ago. (Photos By Gerald Martineau/the Washington Post) Anthony Walters gets ready to dig in to breakfast at ...

From BILL TURQUE, The Washington Post,  16 Nov 2009

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D.C. school uneasy about Rhee's plans for it

Nearly three-quarters of its students are proficient in reading, according to last spring's standardized test. Its acclaimed fine arts and instrumental music program, built by longtime Principal Patrick Pope, draws students from across the city and has ...

From BILL TURQUE, The Washington Post,  13 Nov 2009

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D.C. Notebook

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From BILL TURQUE AND NIKITA STEWART, The Washington Post,  5 Nov 2009

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Former D.C. teachers union president released from prison

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From BILL TURQUE, The Washington Post,  4 Nov 2009

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D.C. has long history of troubled education reform

"Here we go again," said Patterson, a former council member and chairwoman of its education committee. It looked as if another attempt at public school reform was disintegrating in a hail of recriminations and rhetoric, with Rhee destined to join ...

From BILL TURQUE, The Washington Post,  31 Oct 2009

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Cuts would be needed without layoffs, D.C. lawyers say

If the District is not allowed to proceed with the layoffs of 266 school teachers and staff, other cuts will have to be made to balance the city's budget, D.C. lawyers said in court papers filed Friday. The filing was in response to a lawsuit brought ...

From BILL TURQUE, The Washington Post,  30 Oct 2009

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At hearing, teachers assail Rhee over layoffs

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From BILL TURQUE, The Washington Post,  29 Oct 2009

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Rhee to face D.C. Council over layoffs, budget cuts

Rhee posed the question last week during the monthly meeting of her school leadership at Gallaudet University's Kellogg Conference Center, according to two participants and a third source who was briefed later by others who attended. The two principals, ...

From BILL TURQUE, The Washington Post,  27 Oct 2009

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Low-income schools take brunt of D.C. teacher cuts

The Washington Teachers' Union (WTU) has extracted some interesting details from DCPS on the Oct. 2 layoffs. Turns out that nearly 70 percent of the staff reductions came from its highest-need schools. Based on data supplied by DCPS, the union found ...

From BILL TURQUE, The Washington Post,  22 Oct 2009

D.C. teacher contract talks still stuck

Recriminations and political fallout from the Oct. 2 teacher layoffs have brought the on again, off again contract talks between the District and the Washington Teachers' Union, which are fast approaching the two-year-mark, to another standstill. This ...

From BILL TURQUE, The Washington Post,  21 Oct 2009

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