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Ruth Wattenberg
Ruth Wattenberg

Ward 3 Representative, DC State Board of Education

  • Who I am
  • What I’m for
    • Rich curriculum
    • Right-size testing
    • Rigorous Standards
    • Finding Accountability’s Sweet Spot
  • Issues
    • Reading
      • Letter to Council Chair on dyslexia bill
      • Dyslexia testimony
    • School Budgets
      • Ruth’s Testimony to City Council on School Budgets 2016
      • Full-time nurses: Letter from W3 Education Network
      • Ruth’s Testimony on the Master Facilities Plan
      • Our kids need us to institute robust, independent oversight for our schools
      • Why we should change how we report PARCC scores: Innocent error shows how city test score reports can mislead… 
      • How much should test scores count in school ratings?
      • Aug 18: When will we see PARCC scores?, School readiness tours with CM Cheh, Issues for a new Chancellor
      • PARCC Test!!! (Helpful links at bottom)
      • Horace Mann’s Summer Bash June 8, 5-8pm.
      • Old Hardy UpdateApril 7, 2019
      • What’s Behind the Budget Cuts at Wilson (from Greater Greater Washington.org)
      • Janney Parents on the Budget Cuts
      • Severe Wilson High School Budget Cuts (2015)
      • Wilson Budget Primer
      • Ruth’s City Council Testimony: Wilson budget cut
      • 2016 Wilson High School Budget Cuts
      • Letter to Chancellor from Ward Three-Wilson Feeder Network
      • Letter/Bullet Points from Wilson Parents
      • Mayor’s education budget decreases real dollars for city’s schools
      • CW Mary Cheh’s Letter to Mayor re: Wilson High School budget
      • CM Gray’s letter on the education budget
      • Education Budget is increased; new funds targeted for “restoring” staff and program cuts
      • Thx for revised Wilson Budget; School report cards! Nov 5, 2017
      • Ruth’s testimony on school budget and at-risk transparency, 6-26-19
      • Wilson HS budget cut update (7/17)
      • Schools are Cutting Staff; Funding falls behind inflation, by Emily Mechner
      • Mayor’s proposed education budget decreases real dollars for city’s schools 
      • Mayor’s below-inflation budget proposal is unsustainable for our schools
      • 4/7/15 Newsletter: Wilson Budget Cut; SBOE calls for study of curriculum narrowing; new DCPS Parent Cabinet
      • Severe Wilson HS budget cut moves forward
    • Oversight
      • C4DC Letter to Mayor about selecting a new chancellor
      • What do we need in a new Chancellor?
      • Our Kids Need Us to Institute Robust, Independent Oversight of Our City’s Education System
      • What DC Test Scores Don’t Tell Us: from the Washington Post
      • A Memo to the DC Public Schools Chancellor
      • NW Current on Wilson/Walls test score drop
      • A Memo to the DC Public Schools Chancellor
      • Should students be able to test out of all courses? (no!)
    • State Board of Education
      • SBOE Resolution: Refining the Definition of Economically Disadvantaged Students
      • CM Cheh’s letter on Foxhall School
      • State Board of Education Adopts “ESEA Waiver Report.”
      • CM Cheh letter to mayor on chancellor selection, p2
      • Letter from Wilson PTO/LSAT to Mayor Bowser
      • Fillmore at risk, 2016 from NW Current
      • Resolution in support of Fillmore, ANC 3b
      • CW Cheh’s Letter to Chancellor and Deputy Mayor
      • Wilson Parents Testimony to City Council 5/12/17
      • CM Mary Cheh’s Letter to Chancellor Henderson
      • New accountability plan is adopted by the State Board of Education
      • Swearing-In: I will be sworn in on January 2 at 3pm along with three other newly elected school board members and the city’s ANC members, all of whom were just elected or reelected. I will be sworn in by Ward 3 Council Member Mary Cheh. If you would like tickets to the event, email me at ruth4schools@yahoo.com and I will send one to you.
      • PARCC and State Board of Education Meeting (3/18/15)
    • Governance
      • Support Fillmore, resolution from ANC 3B
      • Ward 3 Comments on ESSA proposal
      • June- Wilson Update: Thanks and congratulations to all! City Council appropri
      • School rating proposal heads towards public review
      • Should DC rate its schools mainly on reading and math test scores? What the new fed’l law allows
      • Saving Fillmore, Residency Requirements, School Nurses
    • Data for our Schools
      • WPost oped: What We Need to Know About DC Schools–and Don’t
      • Test Score Drop at Wilson and Walls—What Happened?
    • Newsletters
      • May 1 Newsletter: PARCC exemptions, Tenley/Wilson safety, Protecting school budgets, New health standards,
      • Jan 29 Newsletter: “Waiver,” new SBOE officers, Reno school opening,
      • July Update
      • July 1 Newsletter: Issues for a new chancellor/Accountability Survey/Cappie awards
      • Back-to-school newsletter
      • January 12 Newsletter
      • April Newsletter
      • october newsletter
    • Research
      • Time for credible, honest education data/research…
      • What is the “Waiver Renewal”?
      • Test Score Drop at Wilson and Walls–What Happened?
      • The Canary in the Classroom: Teacher Turnover in DC Schools
      • lsat
      • Ruth’s Testimony on Independent Education Research
      • How mayoral control could work better…
      • Community Working Group Report
    • Overcrowded Schools
      • CM Cheh’s asks Councilmembers to reject emergency bill leasing out Old Hardy School
      • Letter to DC Council: Don’t Give Up Old Hardy
      • Ward3/Wilson Feeder School EdNet Letter on Overcrowding
      • D.C. needs to get school accountability right
    • Well Rounded Education
  • What the Board of Ed Can Do
  • Contact Me

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