Forum: Washington, DC

From Washington Post by Bill Turque:A year ago this month, Michelle A. Rhee resigned as D.C. schools chancellor, ending a tenure as contentious and...

From Washington Post by Bill Turque: Alice Deal Middle School in Northwest Washington is bursting at the seams, and with good reason. For foreign...

From Washington Post by Bill Turque: It was more than likely the first time that a D.C. schools leader described herself as “verklempt” — Yiddish...

From Washington Post by Bill Turque: D.C. public and public charter schools, which annually test student progress in reading and math, will also...

From the Washington Examiner by Lisa Gartner: D.C. Public Schools officials are making the first fundamental change to the teacher evaluation tool...

From the Washington Post by Bill Turque:D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson told a roomful of African American community leaders and educators...

From Washington Post by Bill Turque:D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, prodded by the Washington Teachers’ Union, has relaxed teacher evaluation...

From Washington Post by Bill Turque:D.C. test scores released Friday morning show a mostly flat trend line for achievement in the city’s school...

From the Washington Post by Michael Alison Chandler: While federal lawmakers debate how to rewrite what teachers and politicians agree is an...

From Washington Post by Bill Turque and Scott Clement: A majority of D.C. public school parents give the system positive marks for the first time in...

From Washington Post by Bill Turque:Tereasa Sowers, a middle school math teacher for six years, knew the lesson cold. She’d walked hundreds of...

From Washington Post by Bill Turque:Bruce-Monroe is one of about 2,000 U.S. schools in the past decade that have adopted the Singapore approach to...

From the N.Y. Times by Jenny Anderson: The father of a kindergartner at Sidwell Friends, one of the most prestigious private schools in Washington,...

From the Washington Post by Bill Turque:The Washington region is a hot zone of student achievement, with leading high schools offering a plethora of...

From Washington Post by Valerie Strauss:This was written by a teacher in a Title 1 school in D.C. public schools and sent to Acting Chancellor Kaya...

From the Washington Post by Mary Pat Flaherty: The FBI, police and paramedics scrambled throughout the District on Thursday afternoon chasing...

From the Washington Post by Robert Samuels and Daniel de Vise: Montgomery County school officials Monday night named Joshua P. Starr, head of a...

I sent my eldest there as an anxious, worried child and we are leaving with her feeling more confident and self-assured. The teachers are attentive,...

This from Washington Post by Bill Turque:Rising teacher salaries, increased special education spending and a move toward more equitable funding have...

This from the Washington Post by Nick Anderson:Blind in his right eye since a childhood accident, Jerry Dean Weast sees further than most education...