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Kwame Brown’s omnibus education act - D.C. Schools Insider - The Washington Post

Kwame Brown’s omnibus education act - D.C. Schools Insider - The Washington Post:

Kwame Brown’s omnibus education act

The bill’s title is longer than the lunchtime line at Ben’s Chili Bowl: “The Raising the Expectations for Education Outcomes Act of 2012.” It’s a consolidation of four education measures, three introduced by Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown, that are scheduled for a vote at Tuesday’s Committee of the Whole meeting. If the package is voted out, it will move to a first reading at the council meeting afterwards.

The provisions would:

— Devise an early warning system to identify and support middle and high school students at risk of dropping out.

— Require that every D.C. high school student take the SAT or ACT

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