Suggesting that DC Public Schools should “funnel kids” into charter schools for middle grades was either “a stunningly truthful representation by the Chancellor that she
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Major Urban School District Just “Doesn’t Do” Middle Schools?
Both the Deputy Mayor for Education and the Schools Chancellor of the District of Columbia have publicly stated that DC Public Schools “don’t do middle
Student Rights Alliance: ACLU and law students work to reverse the school-to-prison pipeline
Thousands of students in DC Public Schools are suspended every year. Moreover, contrary to DC law, DCPS appears to be imposing harsher than necessary sentences,
DC’s Attorney General Offers a Variety of Explanations for Having No Opinion
As Jonetta Rose Barras reported earlier this week, education activist Peter MacPherson inquired of DC’s Attorney General, Irvin Nathan, if DCPS declaring more than half
Lawsuit v. DCPS: First of Its Kind in Country
Attorney Johnny Barnes and an 8-person legal team filed suit in March against DC Public Schools in an effort to stop school closures. The suite
Blended Learning on the Fast-Track: PCSB Hearing Jan 28
School of the future? Or “miniature call-center,” as one observer sees it? Either way, this model of education could be headed for DC following one
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