Late November 2020 PDF Newsletter
Please click title to view/download/enjoy. Topics include: revisions to social studies curricula and testing standards, new names for high school (formerly known as Wilson), community service opportunities
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December 2017 HTML Newsletter
December 2017 The terrible, heartbreaking story about Ballou should remind all of us that when there is inadequate oversight of our educational institutions, the losers are our kids, especially those whose educational needs are the greatest and whose families have the least political power. According to the WAMU report, most of the Ballou students who …
A Memo to the DC Public Schools Chancellor
by Markus Batchelor and Ruth Wattenberg, Ward 8 and Ward 3 members of the DC State Board Of Education lead article in City Paper, Aug 3, 2017, For the full article, click here: Enough with the mandates and rosy data. Our recommendations for really raising student achievement. “Most people don’t realize it, but the high schools …
January 12 (2016) Newsletter HTML
January 12 Newsletter! Happy New Year to all! To get on my regular newsletter list, email me ruth4schools@yahoo.com. @ruth4schools, ruth4schools.com, ruth4schools@yahoo.com School News:-PARCC scores; TAG grants funded; DCPS budget process starts Events: “Rosenwald Schools” Film; Ward 3-Wilson Feeder Education Network; Cross-Sector Task Force on Collaboration; City Council Hearing on proposed change to truancy; Special Ed …
October (2016) newsletter
To get on my regular email list, email ruth4schools@yahoo.com. Follow me on twitter @ruth4schools. Email me at ruth4schools@yahoo.com. October Newsletter What do you want in your kids’ school lunches? Tell DCPS. As DCPS gets ready to put out a request for proposal for a new school lunch vendor, it’s inviting input. Make your views known …
Back-to-school (2015) newsletter
To get on my regular email list, email ruth4schools@yahoo.com. Follow me on twitter @ruth4schools. Email me at ruth4schools@yahoo.com. Wilson Budget Saga–better, but continuing; Free Metro; PARCC Standards; What We Need to Know About DC Schools and Don’t; Credit Flexibility for HS students? Diplomas for GED recipients? For those of you with kids in school, I …
July Update (2015)
Wilson Update… PARCC Testing Reduced… Curriculum Narrowing… DC Auditor on DC Schools… SBOE wants to fix broken oversight … DC Diploma for GED recipients? Wilson Update…Again. DCPS fails (so far) to pass on to Wilson the funds allocated to it by the City Council. This should not be so hard! After DCPS cut Wilson’s per …
April 2015 HTML Newsletter
Newsletter, April 7, 2015 Lots of school news! Budget cuts proposed for Wilson… State Board of Education calls for study of over-testing and curriculum narrowing… Language Immersion Schools… Parent Cabinet… PARCC Comments? Quick Communications Logistics: Some of you are receiving this on a listserve; others as an email. If you’re reading this on a listserve …
PARCC and State Board of Education Meeting (3/18/15)
PARCC assessment: DC’s new student assessments are now being administered for the first time. For basic information on the tests, questions and answers, and helpful, interesting links (including links to sample questions!), see my new PARCC page by clicking here or on the PARCC button on the top navigation. How is it going in your school? As part of its …
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What is the “Waiver Renewal”?
Background on the waiver renewal: The Office of the State Superintendent of Education has (DC’s state education agency, known as OSSE) launched its effort earlier this year to solicit public input on what’s formally called the “ESEA waiver renewal.” For the most up to date version of OSSE’s proposal, click here. You may wonder: What …