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Media coverage of DCPS firings

   

November 25, 2009

 Court defends Rhee’s layoffs : Age was motive, union claimed Budget cut necessitated action eventually, judge says

Washington Post – by Bill Turque

 Court backs Rhee in dispute over teacher firings

Washington Examiner Leah Fabel

 Ms. Rhee’s court vindication : A judge’s ruling on layoffs puts some phony criticism to rest.

Washington Post – editorial

 November 24, 2009

D.C. teachers union loses court challenge to layoffs

 Washingtonpost, blog  Bill Turque

November 11, 2009

Rhee, Gray conflict over teachers

The Washington Times — Thomas M. Smith

 

November 10, 2009

The hard road of Michelle Rhee’s CFOs

Washington Post – by Bill Turque

Less than ‘courage’ in New Haven : The White House’s tepid version of education reform

Washington Post — Editorial

November 8, 2009

Rhee and the D.C. Council: Hard lessons on how to get along

Washington Post –Op Ed by Kathy Patterson

November 6, 2009

Ms. Rhee wants competent teachers — of any age

Washington Post – Letter to the Editor

November 5, 2009

All Opinions Are Local : How Rhee lost her teachers

Washington Post –blog – by Virginia R. Pass

 

Gray looking for a fall guy on budget woes

Washington Post – by Bill Turque and Nikita Stewart

All Opinions Are Local : A page from the Redskins’ playbook

Washington Post Blog — Michael Larabee

 

D.C. Wire : Judge To Rule Next Week On Teacher Layoffs

Washington Post blog –Bill Turque (washingtonpost.com)  

November 4, 2009

D.C. Wire : Answers to Fifteen Questions for Chancellor Rhee

Washington Post blog — Bill Turque  

The sin of earning a living

Washington Post – Letter to the Editor

November 2, 2009

The Answer Sheet: The feuding is getting in the way

Washington Post – by Valerie Strauss

  

D.C. Wire : Gray Calls For Wepman’s Ouster

Washington Post blog – Bill Turque

 

November 1, 2009

Rhee’s pride could trip up admirable effort

Washington Post – by Robert McCartney

October 31, 2009

Education reform long troubled in District New tumult reflected in pace of Rhee’s changes

Washington Post – by Bill Turque

October 23, 2009

D.C. Wire : WTU amends lawsuit, Nickles says ‘baloney’

Washington Post, D.C. Wire – posted by Bill Turque  

October 22, 2009

Low-income schools take brunt of D.C. teacher cuts

Washington Post, D.C. Wire – posted by Bill Turque  

October 21, 2009

Some D.C. Teachers Go Back To Work

Washington Post, D.C. Wire – posted by Bill Turque

D.C. teacher contract talks still stuck : Fallout from layoffs is cited, with no bargaining sessions set

Washington Post — Bill Turque  

Lessons From Laid Off Teachers

Washington Post, D.C. Wire – posted by Bill Turque

Rhee Explains Teacher Firings, Insists Students Come First

AFRO — By Dorothy Rowley

October 18, 2009

Anger Over Layoffs Vented in 18-Hour Hearing

Washington Post – by Bill Turque

The Pain and the Gain for D.C. Schools

Washington Post – OP ED by Katherine Bradley, Michael Harreld and John Hill

October 17, 2009

Unions Want Probe Of Layoffs by Rhee

Washington Post — Bill Turque

 

Council, teachers rap Rhee over firings

Washington Times – by David C. Lipscomb

October 15, 2009

D.C.’s Progress Report : A promising sign for Mayor Fenty and Ms. Rhee’s efforts at school reform

Washington Post Editorial

Class Struggle : Don’t Get Too Excited About Jump in D.C. Scores  

Washington Post  Blog posted by Jay Mathews

October 14, 2009

Fifteen Questions for Chancellor Rhee

Washington Post D.C. Wire – by Post editors

Why Michelle Rhee Has to Play Tough

Washington Post OP ED — By Richard Whitmire

For McKinley Students, a Lesson in Disappointment

Staff Layoffs Moved Them to Get Involved, but D.C. Politics Soured the Experience, Seniors Say

Washington Post – By Bill Turque

No Use In Studying For This Test

Washington Post – By Courtland Milloy

 

October 13, 2009

Today is the tipping point for D.C.’s charter school movement

DC Charter Schools Examiner – posted by Mark Lerner

   

October 12, 2009

Honored in February, Sacked in October

Washington Post, D.C. Wire – posted by Bill Turque

October 11, 2009

Rally

In the mail – posted by Gary Imhoff

Did Rhee Overplay Her Hand or Seek A Showdown?

Washington Post — By Robert McCartney

 

Pink Slip for a First-Year Teacher

Washington Post — Jodie Gittleson, (letter to editor)

Myths About Paying Good Teachers More

Washington Post — By Thomas Toch

 

October 10, 2009

Too Easy On Rhee

Jim Grossfeld (feedback)

October 9, 2009

Rhee Challenges Council’s Math; Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee continues trying to flesh out her side of the DCPS budget shortfall/layoffs imbroglio.

Washington Post D.C. Wire  — Posted by Bill Turque

Protesters Decry Layoffs in D.C. Schools; AFL-CIO Chief Vows Support, Calling Rhee’s Move ‘Union Busting’

Washington Post — By Bill Turque

Teachers, backers rip layoffs by D.C. schools

Washington Times — By Jessica Gresko ASSOCIATED PRESS

When it comes to education sound management gets the cold shoulder

DC Charter Schools Examiner — By Mark Lerner

Rally Supports Laid-Off Ballou Teachers

Myfoxdc — By Karen Gray Houston

October 8, 2009

Union: Rhee ‘Packing the Bargaining Unit’

D.C. Wire (Washington Post blog) — Posted by Bill Turque

Firings Teach Students the Wrong Lesson

Washington Post — Letters to the Editor, Karen Howard

Union Contests Layoffs of Teachers in Court

Washington Post –By Bill Turque

Students Take to the Streets Against DCPS RIF

The Washington Informer — By Norma Porter – WI Staff Writer

Rhee calls charges over teacher firings ‘unsubstantiated’

Examiner – by Leah Fabel

October 3, 2009

Dismissals for D.C. Schools; Ms. Rhee’s systemwide layoffs, while painful, are a step toward improving the city’s classrooms.

Washington Post Editorial

Sep. 24, 2009

Anatomy of a DCPS Layoff: On a Scale of Zero to 10, What are Your “Significant Relevant Contributions”?

Washington City Paper –  Posted by Erika Niedowski

Sep. 17, 2009

Fenty ‘Scapegoating’ Council on DCPS Teacher Cuts, Gray Says

Washington City Paper –Posted by Mike DeBonis

September 16, 2009

DCPS Annual Equalization Process Begins

DCPS press release — Contact: Jennifer Calloway

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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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