D.C. Public Schools
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D.C. Public schools launch supper program
CommentThousands of students with D.C. Public Schools are now getting three meals a day instead of two.
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Erica Jacobs: Can good teaching be measured?
On back-to-school-night at my children’s schools, I was quick to judge their teachers.
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Council chairman: Schools need diversity training
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D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray says diversity training would help reduce bullying in city schools.
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D.C. provides third meal to help hungry students
D.C. goes beyond breakfast and lunch programs to help students.
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Will Henderson tackle childhood poverty At DCPS?
Will Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s successor, Kaya Henderson, stick with Rhee’s line about poverty not being a barrier to educational achievement?
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D.C. schools dinner program aims to fight childhood hunger
D.C. public schools have started serving an early dinner to an estimated 10,000 students, many of whom are now receiving three meals a day from the system.
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Special education atop D.C. to-do list
The fights Rhee waged over the city's education policies are likely to linger long after she is gone.
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D.C. students celebrate World Statistics Day October 20
Day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly and Groves will highlight the role of official statistics.
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Michelle Rhee leaves, and the DCPS 'churn' continues
Three years and four months ago, when Mayor Adrian M. Fenty made Michelle Rhee the first chancellor of the D.C. Public Schools, there was one promise that seemed might at last actually be kept.
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Could the Washington Post go back to covering charter schools?
Nearly half of DC's children attend charter and private schools. Rhee has nothing to do with those. There is also a State Superintendent's office that oversees all these schools.
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The queen is dead. Long live the queen -- and the king
School reform is not only alive and well in the nation's capital, it is on track to create a system that can educate all children.
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White powder sent to D.C., Texas schools
The FBI is investigating letters with white powder sent to two District schools in the past two days, which follows a similar pattern at Houston schools.
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Kaya Henderson named interim chancellor of DCPS
Kaya Henderson, the current deputy chancellor of D.C.'s traditional public schools will take over Chancellor Michelle Rhee's job at the end of this month on an interim basis.
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Gray vows to continue school reforms as he names interim D.C. chancellor
Vincent C. Gray promised to move ahead with the District's aggressive school reform agenda even as he allowed its most visible leader, Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, to exit the stage.
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What grade would you give Rhee?
D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee's resignation will be announced at a news conference tomorrow morning. What grade would you give her tenure leading the city's schools?
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Gray must prove he can continue school reform without Rhee
The District's presumptive mayor Vincent Gray and his team must turn their focus to finding ways to keep pushing school reform forward.
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Michelle Rhee has not quit
CommentContrary to reports on Twitter that D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee has resigned, an official statement indicates that (for now), Rhee is staying on.
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Rhee Watch: Will Vince Gray keep Michelle Rhee?
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Welcome to Rhee Watch. TBD will take a regular look at how Rhee’s job security is looking every weekday.
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