Tragedy touches D.C. principal -- twice
Wilson's Cahall declined dinner invite from Betts his last night alive
Cahall in the hallways of Wilson High School (Jahi Chikwendu-TWP).Posted at 8:30 AM ET, 04/21/2010
Race to Top winners chosen arbitrarily -- new report
A new report by an independent institute says that the first winners in President Obama's "Race to the Top" education funding competition were chosen through “arbitrary criteria," rather than through an objective process.
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The Fixer: a principal who made a difference
Successful school revivals, the Djouadi story suggests, are often pure luck, propelled by the serendipitous presence of smart and resourceful people above and below the principal at the right moment.
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Thomas's bid to reinstate teachers fizzles
An attempt by Council member Harry Thomas (D-Ward 5) to legislate reinstatement of the 266 D.C. teachers laid off by Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee in October lost altitude quickly Tuesday and ultimately was postponed until next month.
The original version of Thomas' bill, filed last week as an emergency measure, would have ordered Rhee to re-hire the teachers she said she pared from the payroll for budgetary reasons, if Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi confirmed that money was now available. The proposal faced huge legal barriers, not least of which was the Home Rule Charter, which expressly reserves hiring and firing for the executive branch.
D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles derided the bill as "political year" posturing. "By delegated authority, the Chancellor has the authority to run her ship. This is what the council did when it turned over governance [of the schools] to the mayor," he said.
D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles derided the bill as "political year" posturing. "By delegated authority, the Chancellor has the authority to run her ship. This is what the council did when it turned over governance [of the schools] to the mayor," he said.
By Tuesday's council legislative session, the bill had been softened to call for a "reinstatement feasibility plan" from both Gandhi and Rhee if it
Ed Buzz: The Nation
- 56,000 images taken by Web cams on Penn. student laptops (USA Today)
- N.J. voters being asked to pay more for less (New York Times)
- Rule change takes aim at loophole in Title IX (New York Times)
- Illinois school fighting cyber-bullying(Chicago Tribune)
- Boston teachers asked to work more hours for same pay (Boston Globe)
- Advocates weigh Obama's commitment to early ed. (Education Week)
- N.Y. bill would allow layoffs of teachers with seniority (New York Times)
- Bilingual ed., immersion work equally well (Education Week)
- Schools tackle teacher-on-teacher bullying (USA Today)
- English-language learners making gains (Education Week)
- Researchers argue over Head Start study (Education Week)
Ed Buzz: The Region
- Va. gets $59.8 million to overhaul struggling schools (Washington Times)
- Are school lunches a threat to national security? (WUSA)
- MoCo school investigates cyber-bully threats (WUSA)
- P.W. dad wins FOIA fight with school board (Potomac News)
- Program teaches science of video games (Richmond Times-Dispatch)