D.C. teachers' contract needs public funding
Gandhi won't certify unless raises are paid for by public money, not private donations
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D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi. (TWP)Posted at 8:00 AM ET, 04/29/2010
What does being “college and career ready” mean?
It is one of President Obama’s key education reform goals: Ensuring that all students who graduate high school are “college and career ready” by 2020 is one of President Obama's key education reform goals. But what does that mean?
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Why high schools shun senior projects
If my campaign to require senior projects in Washington area public high schools was itself a senior project, I would be getting a C-minus. My inspiration, the long-standing senior project program at Wakefield High School in Arlington County, is still in good shape. But few other schools show any interest in trying it out, despite what seem to me obvious benefits.
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