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Ruth Wattenberg
Education Policy Analyst, Advocate, Writer
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Ruth in the Media
What We Need to Know About DC Schools–and Don’t. WaPo op-ed.
Our kids need us to institute robust, independent oversight of our schools
What DC Test Scores Don’t Tell Us: from the Washington Post
A Memo to the DC Public Schools Chancellor
The Canary in the Classroom: Teacher Turnover in DC Schools
Issues
School Overcrowding
Letter to DC Council: Don’t Give Up Old Hardy
Community Working Group Report
Support Fillmore, resolution from ANC 3B
Ward3/Wilson Feeder School EdNet Letter on Overcrowding (2019)
CM Cheh’s letter on Foxhall School
School Budgets
Spring 2022 School Budgets
Mayor’s education budget decreases real dollars for city’s schools
Wilson Budget Primer
CW Mary Cheh’s Letter to Mayor re: Wilson High School budget
Janney Parents on the Budget Cuts
DCPS Report to Council on Use of Extra Funds, 9/17
2016 Wilson High School Budget Cuts
Mayor’s education budget decreases real dollars for city’s schools
Well Rounded Education
Governance, Oversight, Data
8th grade reading, NAEP, DCPS
Star Rating
State Board of Education Adopts “ESEA Waiver Report.” 2015
Dashboard Example
New accountability plan is adopted by the State Board of Education (April 2017)
Ward 3 Comments on ESSA proposal
SBOE
Letter to SBOE re: new report card, from SHAPPE
SBOE Resolution: Refining the Definition of Economically Disadvantaged Students
Letter to Council Chair on dyslexia bill
What the Board of Ed Can Do
Testimony to DC Council
Testimony on budgeting for large schools
Ruth’s Testimony to City Council on School Budgets 2016
Ruth’s Testimony on Independent Education Research
How Mayoral Control Can Work Better, 2018 testimony to DC Council
Dyslexia testimony
Decoding Dyslexia DC, testimony info, Feb 2
Testimony to DC Council
Our kids need us to institute robust, independent oversight of our schools
Wilson Parents Testimony to City Council 5/12/17
What I’m for
Rich curriculum
Right-size testing
Rigorous Standards
Finding Accountability’s Sweet Spot
Past Newsletters
Letter to SBOE re: new report card, from SHAPPE
Late August 2021 PDF Newsletter
Mid-August 2021 PDF Newsletter
Early August 2021 PDF Newsletter
May 2021 PDF Newsletter
Late April-May 2021 PDF Newsletter
Mid-April 2021 PDF Newsletter
Late March-Early April 2022 PDF Newsletter
March 2022 PDF Newsletter
January-February 2021 PDF Newsletter
October-November 2021 STAR Special Issue! PDF Newsletter
September-October 2021 PDF Newsletter
Late August-September 2021 PDF Newsletter
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