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Posted at 6:30 AM ET, 05/18/2010
Protesters call IB program un-American. Is it?
How American history is taught is clearly on the minds of protesters in Idaho who trying to get the International Baccalaurate program tossed out of schools because, they say, it is, anti-American, and of Arizona legislators who passed a law restricting ethnic studies.
Posted at 5:30 AM ET, 05/18/2010
Does journalism's decline help education?
I am not happy about the loss of good people at the Post and other journalistic enterprises in the massive reorganization of the news business, but if schools are getting some talented wordsmiths that way, it may be a net plus.
DCPS says closed schools save $17 million
When Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee closed and consolidated 23 under-enrolled schools in 2008, she justified the highly unpopular decision in part by the prospect of significant savings that could be rolled into classrooms. At a meeting with Post editors and reporters in January 2008, she estimated that the school system would save $23 million in operating costs.
Two years later, DCPS says that its projections at the time were actually in the $15 to 20 million range and that it has seen reductions totaling $16.7 million. This includes lower costs for custodial service, security and salaries for principals, assistant principals and other school leadership. It does not cover anticipated savings in food services, and spokeswoman Jennifer Calloway said a complete analysis would have to be done by Chief FInancial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi.
The closings eliminated an estimated two million square feet of space in DCPS' building inventory. On average, according to District figures,
Sean Gunn, 5, devours a cupcake that he helped decorate. The Playseum's vision, according to its Web site: "Where children create and parents relate." (Katherine Frey-TWP)