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Posted at 6:30 AM ET, 05/13/2010
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Posted at 10:00 PM ET, 05/12/2010
AP vs. IB--choosing sides
Which program, AP or IB, is better? Many parents ask me this each May. I try to dodge the question. Both programs are top-notch. They offer teenagers a true college experience in high school, taking courses and exams that in many cases are more demanding that the introductory courses in state universities they are designed to mimic.
District regains control of special ed transport
After seven years of court supervision, a federal judge has agreed to return to the District the responsibility of busing its special education students. An order signed by U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman sets the stage for the city to exit the Petties case, a 1995 class action brought by parents of special needs children because the District couldn't get them to class on time.
In 2003, Friedman appointed a transportation administrator, David Gilmore, to oversee the system, which spends about $80 million a year carrying 4,000 special-needs students across the region, some of them to private institutions as far as 75 miles outside the city. The order, signed by Friedman a week ago, says Gilmore reports that the District is now providing "safe, timely and appropriate transportation services," and that it is time to begin a transition back to full city control.
Gilmore is scheduled to join Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and other District officials at a Thursday mid-morning press conference to discuss the transition. It was billed by Fenty's office in a Wednesday evening press
(AP)