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Catholic schools to benefit from charter rentals
- Cash-strapped D.C. Catholic schools will get an infusion of millions of taxpayer dollars over the next three years from a lease arrangement involving schools that are converting to public charters, The Examiner has learned.
House bill would give D.C. sole control of charter schools
- D.C. government leaders would have total control over choosing the leadership of D.C.’s growing public charter schools movement, under a bill introduced by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton on Thursday.
D.C. teens may need drug class to get license
- D.C. teens might get one more requirement tacked on to the list of musts for securing a driver’s license.
Proposed D.C. tutoring policy would require proof of progress
- D.C.’s State Board of Education today will vote on proposed standards for a federally funded tutoring program that’s designed to make up for schools’ deficiencies in teaching students.
Voucher program not boosting scores
- Two years into a controversial school-choice voucher program in D.C., research released Monday shows no difference in test scores between scholarship recipients and students not participating in the program.
Report: D.C. not providing proof of special ed teacher qualifications
- D.C. school administrators can’t verify that their special education teachers are certified to serve the city’s most vulnerable and costliest student population, according to a highly critical monitoring report obtained by The Examiner.
D.C. contract for teacher training not renewed
- D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee has abruptly called off renewal of a contract with the Teachers Institute, telling the nonprofit teacher training agency that an upcoming inspector general audit will report big problems with its procurement practices.
District signs contract for database to track student enrollment, achievement
- D.C.’s State Superintendent’s Office is signing a $12 million contract to create a comprehensive database that tracks the District’s students across all levels of their schooling, according to D.C. Council documents.
- D.C.’s State Superintendent’s Office is signing a $12 million contract to create a comprehensive database that tracks the District’s students across all levels of their schooling, according to D.C. Council documents.
Study predicts D.C. graduation rate will remain low
- An estimated 11 D.C. public school students are dropping out of the system each day and will fail to earn their high school diplomas, putting the city’s graduation rate more than 10 percentage points below the national average, according to a new report by Education Week.
Loudoun, D.C. win federal funds for crisis planning
- The federal government has awarded funds to the Loudoun County and D.C. public school districts to enhance their emergency management plans.
Proposed homeschool restrictions draw criticism from across U.S.
- Calls from across the country have been flooding into the D.C. State Superintendent’s Office from families who are profoundly unhappy about the proposed restrictions on homeschooling.
D.C. school officials try to move up timeline to submit proof of residency
- D.C. school officials want families to immediately start submitting proof for next school year that they live in the District.
Carnegie starts upgrading math education in D.C.
- The Carnegie Institution is starting a fellowship program to improve the quality of D.C.’s math instruction, which for years has been dismally low.
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