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Ruth Wattenberg
Ward 3 Representative, DC State Board of Education
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Who I am
What I’m for
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Rich curriculum
Right-size testing
Rigorous Standards
Finding Accountability’s Sweet Spot
Issues
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Reading
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Letter to Council Chair on dyslexia bill
Dyslexia testimony
School Budgets
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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
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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
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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
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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
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WPost oped: What We Need to Know About DC Schools–and Don’t
Test Score Drop at Wilson and Walls—What Happened?
Newsletters
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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
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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
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Ruth’s Testimony on Independent Education Research
How mayoral control could work better…
Community Working Group Report
Overcrowded Schools
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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
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