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Performance Oversight Tidbits: Deputy Mayor for Education | educationdc
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By, for, and about everyone interested in public education in DC. Performance Oversight Tidbits: Deputy Mayor for Education. March 24, 2016. Below are some (OK–many) items that particularly struck me from the recent performance oversight hearing. For the deputy mayor for education (DME) before the education committee of the council on 3/2/16. I have boldfaced the themes, which relate to all public schools in DC. So, as the old commercials used to say: Does she, or doesn’t she? You be the judge. 3:20: Mix...
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The coalition is thriving… | Faith Gibson Hubbard
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Wife mother. proud washington, dc resident. passionate public education advocate… and, PhD Candidate at Virginia Tech's Center for Public Administration and Policy. I am Faith Gibson Hubbard…. Resume, Articles, and More…. The coalition is thriving…. The DC Mayoral Candidate Education Forum, hosted on October 22nd, was a HUGE success! The organization that I am president of (the Ward Five Council on Education. The education forum is online for you to watch: http:/ www.dceducationelection.org. Ward 1 Educa...
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Weigh In On What the Cross Sector Task Force Has Done Thus Far: Student Mobility Edition | educationdc
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By, for, and about everyone interested in public education in DC. Weigh In On What the Cross Sector Task Force Has Done Thus Far: Student Mobility Edition. January 4, 2017. The deputy mayor for education (DME) and the cross sector task force (which the DME runs) will hold three public meetings to discuss the task force’s first policy proposal, on student mobility. Here are the dates and locations to discuss it; all meetings are from 6-7:30 pm:. Tuesday, January 10. Tuesday, January 17. The proposal creat...
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Yes, The Healthy Schools Act Isn’t Enforced: Food and Water Edition | educationdc
https://educationdc.net/2016/08/28/yes-the-healthy-schools-act-isnt-enforced-food-and-water-edition
By, for, and about everyone interested in public education in DC. Yes, The Healthy Schools Act Isn’t Enforced: Food and Water Edition. August 28, 2016. August 28, 2016. For the Post, apparently, the title above is news. At least as it relates to physical education at one DC public school. For many of us with kids in DC public schools, it’s not news at all. Here’s a quick test:. Does your child’s DC public school have healthy food? Passed into law in 2010, the Healthy Schools Act. The act, for instance, c...
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DCPS Food Contract Approval (or Not): Today | educationdc
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By, for, and about everyone interested in public education in DC. DCPS Food Contract Approval (or Not): Today. July 12, 2016. Today, July 12, the city council will vote on the new contract for food services for DCPS. This is a fascinating exercise, given that the contract was months late, with hardly any time for review, and that food will be served to students starting on August 8 (yeah–even earlier than I thought before. The council hearing last week. What can possibly go wrong? NB: If the council vote...
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Behind Closed Doors | educationdc
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By, for, and about everyone interested in public education in DC. October 31, 2015. November 4, 2015. This blog was printed in the November 2015 issue of The Hill Rag. The Deputy Mayor for Education recently announced the formation of a Cross-Sector Collaboration Task Force. According to an 8/19/15 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Which very clearly says All meetings (including hearings) of any department, agency, board, or commission of the District government, including meetings of the Council of the...
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Valerie Jablow | educationdc
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By, for, and about everyone interested in public education in DC. Sanctuary in DC: School Edition. March 7, 2017. Who Says There Are No Second Acts? Let’s Talk ESSA And Take A Poll! March 6, 2017. So you missed last week's deadline to get your comments in to OSSE on its draft plan to judge our public schools? Let’s Talk ESSA And Take A Poll! Make A Call For DC Public Schools Monday and Tuesday. March 5, 2017. If you can spare some time this Monday and Tuesday, please call some members of the U.S....Tomor...
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DCPSSpeeding: Selecting the Next Chancellor | educationdc
https://educationdc.net/2016/08/08/dcpsspeeding-selecting-the-next-chancellor
By, for, and about everyone interested in public education in DC. DCPSSpeeding: Selecting the Next Chancellor. August 8, 2016. In taking some weeks away from this blog to attend to summer, I didn’t realize that I might miss the entire DCPS chancellor selection process. As it is, the mayor’s chancellor selection advisory committee ( announced just last week. Might not even have time to hear much public input, as the mayor has indicated she wants to select the next chancellor by October. Called, without ir...
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So, While the Cross Sector Task Force Ponders Creating By Right Charter Schools . . . | educationdc
https://educationdc.net/2016/10/24/so-while-the-cross-sector-task-force-ponders-creating-by-right-charter-schools
By, for, and about everyone interested in public education in DC. So, While the Cross Sector Task Force Ponders Creating By Right Charter Schools . . . October 24, 2016. The rest of us in DC are left to ponder the many actual–and urgent–cross sector issues, such as. Data for public school capacity and utilizations;. 8211;The misalignment between 5th and 6th grades. In charter and DCPS middle schools such that enrollment is decimated in DCPS elementaries at 5th grade;. 8211;No accounting (or even discussi...
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