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 ›
How are schools responding to immigration-related stresses on students and families? How will recent budget decisions affect DC students and teachers? Join the Education Town Hall, Thursday June 8, 11 a.m. — noon Eastern, for the latest. Listen via TuneIn… Read More ›
Jesse Turner, professor of literacy and national activist for the rights of children, discusses the upcoming “Equity Now” salons in Connecticut, an unusual, interactive approach to inequity, injustice and racism in public education, birth to university. Turner, together with Denisha… Read More ›
Attorneys General from across the U.S. called last week for “stronger oversight by accrediting agencies” in order to “protect vulnerable students from predatory schools, ensure accountability to taxpayers, and level the playing field for career schools that are delivering quality,… Read More ›
Charter schools are unconstitutional in the State of Washington, according to a September 4 ruling by that state’s Supreme Court. The ruling left charter schools consulting attorneys and hundreds of Seattle families in “chaos,” according to the Seattle Times. Tune… Read More ›
Charter schools are unconstitutional in the State of Washington, according to a September 4 ruling by that state’s Supreme Court. The ruling left charter schools consulting attorneys and hundreds of Seattle families in “chaos,” according to the Seattle Times. Tune… Read More ›
DC won more money per student from pro-privatization donors than any other urban school system, according to researchers who followed several recent years of educational philanthropy. The report has not yet been released, but the Washington Post shared some of… Read More ›
How did the 8-hour work day come about? Do local students know about Lucy Parsons and the first May Day (in 1886)? Do you? Women played important roles in labor history, but their perspectives are sometimes overlooked. In honor of… Read More ›
Is funding budgeted for at-risk students reaching those youth? Are schools with the most at-risk students receiving the most funding? Soumya Bhat, policy analyst with the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, joined the Education Town Hall on March 12 to discuss… Read More ›
Is funding budgeted for at-risk students reaching those youth? Are schools with the most at-risk students receiving the most funding? Soumya Bhat, policy analyst with the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, joins the Education Town Hall on March 12 to discuss… Read More ›
