Charter Schools Rising
Big front-page WaPo story today about charter schools in the District of Columbia–which enrolled about 25 percent of the District’s public school students in 2005-06 and will likely increase their...
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The Chairman of the House Education Committee in Colorado resigned from his chairmanship after the Rocky Mountain News published an email to a colleague in which he said, “There must be a special place...
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Ed asks, “Which will have the bigger impact in education reform: RTT or i3?” (Ed is Watching) Do charter schools purge undesirable students, as some teachers unions and traditional public school...
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DC Finally has Grad Rate Data, Now the Hard Work Begins
Michelle Obama at Anacostia High School's graduation in 2010 (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) I love a good headline. Yesterday DCist reported: ‘D.C. Schools’ Graduation Rate Falls,...
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