Blogs and Testimony: Education

In Praise of Teachers

May 10, 2012

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. All week, there are small and big...
A local solution to a national concern

May 4, 2012

Last week, I attended an early learning forum at the Boeing Company, a...
Raising DC, from cradle to career

April 30, 2012

Last week, Mayor Gray announced the launch of Raise DC, an initiative that...
Working to give every child a good start

April 13, 2012

Before going through primary and secondary school and heading to a four-...
D.C. makes the mark: huge strides in achieving universal Pre-K

April 10, 2012

A study released today by the National Institute for Early Education...
A year later …progress for blended classrooms

March 29, 2012

I have written about “blended” classrooms before and all the benefits of “...
Kindergarten readiness, from the neighborhood up

March 28, 2012

All children need early opportunities to develop cognitive, social and...
A bright new day in this neighborhood

March 23, 2012

Families in D.C. may become homeless for many reasons - a death in the...
Preschool = prosperity = ... poverty?

March 9, 2012

This week, I read a New America Foundation blog post on a recent report by...
Why Place May Matter in the D.C. Achievement Gap

February 15, 2012

It is not breaking news that D.C. has a persistent achievement gap, a gulf...

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