quality

How rigid is the IMPACT bell curve?

by Kate Kairys on July 18, 2011

On Friday, DCPS announced performance ratings for employees under the IMPACT evaluation system, now two years old.

Most of the headlines have surrounded the firings of 413 employees (288 for poor performance), but little has been said about the distribution of those scores.

What does quality Pre-K look like?

by Anonymous on September 08, 2010

A late announcement: Tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Fight For Children and the AppleTree Institute for Education innovation are offering a free session to demonstrate a new observational tool for preschool and Pre-K called Quality Indicators. The tool was developed with support from the DC Partnership for Early Literacy.

Early childhood providers are invited to attend. For more information and to RSVP, click here. 

Quality child care out of reach for too many in D.C.

by HyeSook Chung on August 09, 2010

This weekend I had a wonderful opportunity to meet with WAMU reporter Jessica Gould to discuss the high costs of child care in D.C, which according to a recent report are nearly twice the cost of annual tuition at a four-year college. The short piece, which aired on today's "Morning Edition," doesn’t cover our entire hour-long conversation, but does emphasize one fundamental message:  Quality child care is out of reach for the majority of families in D.C.

D.C.'s AppleTree Institute wins federal i3 grant

by Jack McCarthy on August 09, 2010

One of our goals with "Little Citizens, Big Issues" is to showcase diverse voices and viewpoints from the community on issues affecting young children in the District. This post is by Jack McCarthy, managing director of AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation.

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