The District of Columbia government has made a commitment to radically increase the number of district graduates attending and completing college. The “Double the Numbers” initiative spans two mayors and is actively supported by district and federal agencies and nonprofits and private businesses.
Ensuring that our high schools are aligning courses, teaching styles and standards to [...]
Rethinking High School: Preparing Students for Success in College, Career, and Life
This is the fourth report in a series focusing on secondary reform and redesign. Previous Rethinking High School reports include:
Rethinking High School: An Introduction to New York City’s Experience
Rethinking High School: Five Profiles of Innovative Models for Student Success
Rethinking High School: Inaugural Graduations at [...]
The program planning team at Eastern HS have been discussing:
A full high school curriculum that prepares students for college and career selection. Eastern HS will not be an application high school and will be a school-of-right for neighborhoods of Ward 6.
A Freshman Campus with staff who will support 9th graders as they adjust to high [...]
The District’s Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization (OPEFM) reports that it has successfully used modular classrooms while modernizing school facilities. Moving students to on-campus modular classrooms rather than maintaining them in their school while it was under construction, sheltered students, administrators and teachers from noise and dust caused as work crews modernized their facility. [...]
Community Design Forum for Eastern HS
August 5, 6-8:00 p.m.
Mount Moriah Baptist Church at 1636 East Capitol Street, NE
Eastern HS Programs Advisory Team
Meeting Schedule
All meetings will be held on the last Tuesday of the month, at 6pm
Mount Moriah Baptist Church at 1636 East Capitol Street, NE
March 31, 2009 November 17, 2009
April 28, [...]
Career Academies have been functioning inside public high schools in some form or fashion for nearing 40 years. From their beginnings, the academies were designed to engage students and keep them in school to obtain the academic preparation necessary for postsecondary education and employment. The design consists of small learning communities with a blend of [...]
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