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Gray schedules hearings on DCPS RIF

Council Chair Vincent Gray has scheduled three hearings on DCPS issues:

October 16, 10:00 AM, R. 500 Wilson Building — Roundtable for public witnesses regarding DCPS RIF

October 29, 10:00 AM, Rm. 500 Wilson Building – Public oversight hearing to hear from the Mayor and the Chancellor.

See Media coverage on DCPS RIF.

October 9th, 2009 | Category: Citywide, Policy, RIF | Leave a comment

Levy questions DCPS budget cut story

October 2, 2009.  Mary Levy, noted schools budgeting expert, issued the following set of questions regarding the DCPS contention that budget cuts caused it to fire teachers and other staff :
DCPS TEACHER LAY-OFFS in 2009:  QUESTIONS
The Mayor and Chancellor have announced that the District of Columbia Public Schools face a “budget shortfall” of $35 to [...]

October 8th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Citywide, RIF, Small Learning Communities | Leave a comment

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Ward 6 Stats

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), for better or worse, is the measure by which schools receiving federal monies are judged. Ward 6 schools — both DCPS and charter schools — make up a portfolio of high performing, adequate and struggling schools on the AYP scale. Take a look, you may be surprised.

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