Education
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Hite Leaving; Anderson Comes Out; Soberride; Silver Line Vote
CommentToday on NewsTalk, we spoke with Robert McCartney, Kurt Erickson, Chris Geidner and Gail Pennybacker
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How to set up your own interviews
CommentWe have tips on how you should set up your own interviews to further your career.
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"Celly the Cell"
CommentWe're talking to two children's book authors who are addressing the need for more science education.
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Allergy advice; Seegars takes on Barry; Kwame Brown
CommentNewsTalk 3/14/12: Kwame Brown, Sandra Seegars and Dr. Talal Nsouli
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Berliner on aid fight, transit; A new Day for DC?
CommentToday on NewsTalk Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner talked about Governor O'Malley's plan to shift the burden of teacher pensions to counties and more. And Ward 5 DC republican Tim Day announced his intention to run for Harry Thomas Junior's vacated council seat.
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Feds get involved in the Occupy DC protests and one man tries to change the education system for the better
CommentSome federal workers are standing up with the Occupy movement. Also, one man went from dropout to diploma and he wants to fix America's education system.
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McKinley teacher Shira Fishman wins $25k price
CommentA math teacher at McKinley Technology High School in Northeast got a surprise Thursday.
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Wakefield High School at risk of losing state accreditation
CommentWakefield High is the only Arlington county public school that failed to receive full status due to its high dropout rate, but the school says the rate was miscalculated.
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DCPS teachers choosing money over certain collective bargaining rights
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When it comes to choosing between job security and making more money, an increasing number of D.C. Public Schools teachers are opting for the latter. More top-rated teachers took bonuses and pay raises, surrendering certain collective bargaining rights, than did last year.
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The lessons of 9/11; Strasburg returns; Education reform
CommentTease here.Today on NewsTalk, DC deputy mayor Paul Quander talked about the lessons the region’s leaders learned during the Sept. 11 attacks and whether we’d be able to respond properly in the event terrorists strike again.
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Michelle Rhee loves the spotlight, but hates USA Today, says New York Times
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Michelle Rhee, D.C.'s former schools chancellor, absolutely loves attention. You might even say she's "voracious" for the media spotlight. She "preens for the camera" at every opportunity — whether it be the cover of Time magazine, or in interviews with Oprah Winfrey and Katie Couric, or as the hero of Waiting for Superman. One thing she will not do, however, is talk to the folks out on Jones Branch Drive in McLean. No, she will not give the USA Today the time of day.
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Mr. Teachbad, fired D.C. teacher, talks about his blog and his future
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The former D.C. teacher, who says he was fired over his satiric blog, talks to TBD about what's wrong with public schools. He did not wear a blond wig and Abe Lincoln beard to the interview.
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D.C. Public Schools: Increasing number meet benchmarks, others fall further behind
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Students in D.C. Public Schools are getting smarter, sort of. Fifty-two public schools met federal benchmarks for achievements in math and reading — 15 more schools than last year — but 28 more schools "need improvement," for a total of 163. The achievement gap between whites/asians and Hispanics/blacks remains.
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University of Northern Virginia chancellor David Lee's sex-slave dungeon
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The head of the University of Northern Virginia already has enough trouble to deal with, what with last week's federal raid and the withdrawal of the for-profit college's right to admit foreign students. Today things got much worse, as the news broke that Chancellor David Lee has a sex dungeon in the basement of his suburban home and that has been trolling the Internet for women "with slave tendencies."
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Matt Damon delivers speech at teachers rally, looks bald
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Matt Damon made a brief appearance in D.C. on Saturday to give the closing speech at the Save Our Schools march. He said a bunch of inspiring things about his mother, a teacher, and how he never would've become such an intelligent, wealthy sex symbol had he been educated by today's standardized test–obsessed schools. But really, you just want to see what he looks like bald.
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UMD sets record for human-powered helicopter flight (video)
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Fifty engineering students from the University of Maryland have made yet another record-setting flight in their human-powered helicopter. But temper your expectations for the video below.
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Farafina Kan and Studio Africa! at the National Museum of African Art
CommentThe students who participated in this year's session of the museum's Studio Africa! educational program are treated to a graduation celebration.
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Free lunch program: Some children could not get meals
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All the children could get was carrots and applesauce.
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