Ten of DC Public Schools will begin extending the school year with the 2016-17 academic year, District Mayor Muriel Bowser announced February 3. But the
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School Reconstitution and Mayoral Control
by Jordan Pandy, Education Town Hall intern Last week, July 2, on Education Town Hall Radio, guests Candi Peterson, vice president of the Washington Teachers Union,
When the Union is Silent: Churn and other Challenges for Schools
The Washington Teachers Union has been strangely silent on many issues of importance, including school “reconstitutions” — i.e., mass firing of staff — and school
DC Schools Leaders Join the Town Hall on May 30
Candi Peterson, school social worker and activist, is running for general vice president of the Washington Teachers Union. As a staff member of Cardozo Senior
