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• Book Deserts and Their Effects

  By vspatz on July 13, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Feature Report: “Book Deserts and Their Effects” — with citations and resources Recording, 7/13/17, begins at 2:00 — Over the past few years, the District has been one of three cities involved in a study of access to children’s books…. Read More ›

• Ward 7 on Schools Planning (or not)

  By vspatz on July 13, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The competition (charter) model opens new schools without overall planning — sometimes in opposition to community efforts. Listen for its effects on DC’s Ward 7 schools. Today, 7/13/17, on We Act Radio’s Education Town Hall: Valerie Jablow, DCPS parent and… Read More ›

• More Schools, Fewer Resources: DC Schools Planning (or lack thereof)

  By vspatz on July 12, 2017 • ( 0 )

  How can existing, often beleaguered, public schools survive and thrive when new charter schools open with no overall planning structure? This discussion will focus on DC’s Ward 7, where a growing number of schools share increasingly meager resources. Thursday, July 13, at 11 a.m. EASTERN. Listen live via TuneIn or check back for recording, posted shortly after air time.

• Students, Communities in Mourning and Fear Coast to Coast

  By vspatz on June 22, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  From Sand Point Elementary in Seattle, WA, to South Lakes High School in Fairfax, VA, violent, fear-inducing incidents on one day, suggest it is time to mourn — and then #dosomething more. Feature Report begins at 6:20 — The PTA… Read More ›

• Equity Teams, Parent and Student Voices, and the BAT Conference

  By vspatz on June 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Professor Denisha Jones, keynote speaker for the 4th Annual Back to School with BATs Conference, shares background on Student Equity Teams as well as more details on the programs scheduled for Seattle, WA, July 22-23. Dawn Bennet, co-founder of Multicultural… Read More ›

• Gender Diversity, Inclusive Education and Back to School with BATs

  By vspatz on June 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  BATs General Manager Marla Kilfoyle previews the 4th Annual Back to School with BATs Conference, scheduled for Seattle, WA, July 22-23. Lisa Keating, founder of My Purple Umbrella, a community organization that advocates for LGBTQ youth, shares the work she… Read More ›

• Gender-Inclusive, Multicultural BadAss Teaching on the June BUS Ride

  By vspatz on June 21, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  UPDATE: Click here for June 22 Feature Report Segment 1 Segment 2 Coming up the Education Town Hall’s monthly BUS program — driven by BadAss Teachers, United Opt Out, and Save Our Schools — the 4th Annual Back to School… Read More ›

• DeVos, “Liberty,” and Education

  By vspatz on June 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  “Schools that receive federal funds must follow federal law, period.” This is what US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. Over and over. She repeated this so many times that US News called it… Read More ›

• DC’s Education Budget

  By vspatz on June 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  DC budget watchers Emily Mechner and Mary Levy discuss recent budget decisions, how they evolved, and prospects for schools in the coming year and beyond. Mechner is a DCPS parent, member of the Local School Advisory Team for Oyster-Adams Bilingual… Read More ›

• DC Schools, Immigration, and Sanctuary

  By vspatz on June 8, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Parents are calling DC schools to say, “I cannot pick up my child right now, because ICE is outside my door,” Allyson Criner Brown, of Teaching for Change, tells the Education Town Hall. In addition, she says, students are missing… Read More ›