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George Mason gets $7 million for history Web site for teachers
- The federal government is giving George Mason University $7 million over the next five years to run an interactive Web site that trains the nation’s elementary and high school history teachers in their craft, officials announced Wednesday.
District’s public schools to get record Teach for America participants
- A record number of Teach For America participants are being placed in D.C. public schools next year, as District education officials tweak staffing and hire hundreds of instructors overall.
Parents, teachers fight to keep principal
- Parents and teachers at D.C.’s Eastern High School are trying to get schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee to reverse her decision to remove Principal Monica Taylor, saying that would shatter a fragile stability at the school.
- Parents and teachers at D.C.’s Eastern High School are trying to get schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee to reverse her decision to remove Principal Monica Taylor, saying that would shatter a fragile stability at the school.
D.C. schools hired consultant without valid contract in 2006
- D.C. schools officials hired an education consultant in 2006 without first getting a valid contract and are now lobbying to retroactively pay the firm in excess of $300,000, according to documents.
Pacts pursued for $58M to rehabilitate schools
- D.C. Schools facilities chief Allen Lew is in the process of getting more than $58 million in construction contracts approved to ready a dozen schools to absorb students from campuses closing after the school year.
D.C. students plan walkout to protest closures, reform
- Students in the D.C. school system opposed to the massive changes looming in nearly 50 schools set to close or be restructured next academic year have scheduled a walkout next week.
Bill seeks to alleviate school gang tensions
- Proposed legislation would require D.C. police to craft specific strategies to combat expected jumps in gang tensions as schools absorb students from the 23 public campuses that will close this year.
- Proposed legislation would require D.C. police to craft specific strategies to combat expected jumps in gang tensions as schools absorb students from the 23 public campuses that will close this year.
Charter school supporters try to head off possible restrictions
- Advocates who fear that D.C. Council members may be moving toward a crackdown on the charter school system's growth are getting residents to sign a petition in support of the schools.
Scaled-back homeschooling rules still criticized
- New proposed rules for D.C. homeschoolers are much less strict than controversial regulations vetted earlier this spring, but still are causing some families to feel overburdened, sources told The Examiner.
The 3-minute interview: Doug Kennedy
- Doug Kennedy has become known as the “signing bartender” because of his Tuesday gig serving drinks during Deaf Night at Solly’s on U Street in D.C. Kennedy isn’t deaf, but his girlfriend is, prompting him to learn sign language.
Mayor Fenty names two choices for school reform watchdogs
- Nearly eight months after a legislatively set deadline, Mayor Adrian Fenty has submitted to the D.C. Council the names of two education researchers chosen to serve as independent judges of the city’s public school reform.
Head of Washington convention center steps down
- The woman in charge of overseeing the D.C. convention center has resigned for personal reasons, according to officials.
Hispanic population in Md., Va.
- Maryland’s and Virginia’s Hispanic populations each rose more than 5 percent from July 2006 to July 2007, even though their overall population numbers inched up less than 1 percent, according to data being released by the Census Bureau today.