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The report [PDF], released by Sen. Charles E. Grassley, and Rep. Darrell Issa, criticizes the Obama administration's firing of Gerald Walpin, the AmeriCorps inspector general, as being politically motivated, in part because of Walpin's investigations ...
From RACHAEL BROWN,
DCist,
21 Nov 2009
This afternoon, DCPS released final details of the budget reductions that have caused an uproar in the schools community since probable staff cuts were first announced last month.
In total, 388 employees will be let go across the District, 229 of ...
From RACHAEL BROWN,
DCist,
2 Oct 2009
D.C. Public Schools confirmed yesterday that student enrollment in its 127 schools was at 44,397, up from the roughly 37,000 who were registered when classes resumed on August 24. Enrollment counts typically fluctuate at the start of the year, as ...
From RACHAEL BROWN,
DCist,
10 Sep 2009
Remember the early allegations of cheating on the DC-CAS (the standardized test that determines school progress under NCLB)? Bill Turque has done some digging, and reports in the Post that two teachers and one administrator at Howard Road Academy ...
From RACHAEL BROWN,
DCist,
13 Aug 2009
Browsing around the new site, it looks like effort has been made to more clearly organize content. The new URL -- dcps.dc.gov -- has been updated to reflect the naming schemes of every other District government site, and the Human Resources section in ...
From RACHAEL BROWN,
DCist,
13 Aug 2009
Won't the little guys just be sad/mad they have to switch schools in the first place? Kids ought not to be used as political footballs.
Exactly! You can't get away with kicking them, and you can't throw them too far.
Oh you can kick them, you just have ...
From RACHAEL BROWN,
DCist,
31 Jul 2009
In an apparent effort to compete with the District's growing number of thematic charter schools, this morning DCPS announced the reorganization of 13 campuses into "theme-based catalyst schools," meaning that they will have an overall curricular ...
From RACHAEL BROWN,
DCist,
28 Jul 2009
A long-anticipated evaluation of the D.C. Public Schools from the U.S. Government Accountability Office was released yesterday. The top line finding? "Important steps taken to continue reform efforts, but enhanced planning could improve implementation ...
From RACHAEL BROWN,
DCist,
24 Jul 2009
The first results from the District Of Columbia Comprehensive Assessment System (DC-CAS) tests are out, and the results are encouraging. Bill Turque summarizes the gains in the Post:
Nearly half the District's public elementary students (49 percent) ...
From RACHAEL BROWN,
DCist,
13 Jul 2009
Yesterday evening, we received a tip from a DCPS high school teacher that nearly 20 teachers at their school received termination letters from their principal that afternoon, including the union building representative. This morning, Candi Peterson, a ...
From RACHAEL BROWN,
DCist,
17 Jun 2009
