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Category: immigration and schools

DC’s Education Budget

June 8, 2017 vspatz

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.

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DC Schools, Immigration, and Sanctuary

June 8, 2017 vspatz

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

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Schooling and Immigration; Education Budget: on the next Education Town Hall

June 6, 2017 vspatz

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

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The “Trump Effect” at School?

March 16, 2017 vspatz

Jewish schools and Jewish community center pre-schools have received 126 bomb threats in 2017. (Update: 144 as of March 16; latest from Jewish Daily Forward)

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DC Schools as Sanctuaries and Other Issues for Public Ed in Administration #45

March 16, 2017 vspatz

Feature Report: The “Trump Effect” in Schools (4:20-7:50) Max Ewart, a graduate of DCPS’ School Without Walls Senior High School, shares the latest on hate

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Facing ICE, Hate Incidents, & Contract Negotiations in DCPS

March 14, 2017 vspatz

Elizabeth Davis, president of the Washington Teacher’s Union, and Max Ewart, DCPS alumnus, join the Education Town Hall on March 16 to discuss challenges faced

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