| 101 | Harris | Barry Fights to Keep UDC Funds: Suggests
Anti-black bias in Cuts |
| 104 |
Wilgoren | Students Forge Harmonious Union
(at 2 merged schools) |
| 108 |
Williams | Barry Blasts UDC Board for Voting
to End Deficit |
| 114 | Strauss | UDC to Cut 125 from its Faculty (mainly
remedial teachers in English, math) |
| 115 | Strauss | Embattled, Lauded director of DC Library to Retire (sexual
harrassment??) |
| 115 | Wilgoren | School Dispute Ups Racial Tension
(Latinos say mistreated--Blacks ? motives) |
| 116 | Strauss | UDC:
Failing Grades: Marching in PLace; Independent Attitude led to Isolation |
| 119 | Strauss | UDC, Reeling from Order to Lay Off Faculty, Told to Cut $682,000
More |
| 121 | Strauss | UDC Deficit Bigger by $1.5M (requires
more cuts) |
| 125 | Strauss | UDC Faculty Offers Its Own Budget Plan:
cut benefits, fewer employees |
| 125 | Wilgoren | Becton
Tells Schools to Extend Hand to Immigrants |
| 129 | Strauss | UDC
Law School Battling to Keep Accreditation |
| 128 | MacLaury | Let
Every Child Succeed: ref Dan Reeves article (?) 1/21--adds parents and unity |
| 130 | Strauss |
Dioceses to Focus $1 M on DC schools --Catholic elementaries show
enrollment dip |
| 131 | Raspberry | Innovating Isn't Educating: |
| 131 | Woodlee | Five on Becton's Staff Are Being Paid
$100,000 or More |
| FEBRUARY,
1997 |
| 201 | Wilgoren | 3 DC
Schools Closed ( by judge) over Fire Code Questions |
| 204 | Constable | DC Schools Unleash Art Enrichment--70 Groups Join Effort to Mix
Kids,Culture |
| 205 | Wilgoren | DC Reopening 2 Schools--Roof Repairs
delayed on 3rd |
| 208 | Wilgoren | DC School Official Seeks $86M more to
Make Repairs |
| 208 | Miller | Anigbo (Marcus Garvey school) Voiced
Racial Insults, Prosecution Alleges |
| 208 | Vise/Strauss | Control Board to Refuse Barry's UDC Request--Calls for More Job
Training |
| 210 | Loeb | DC Library System Feels Pinch Tightening
With Latest Cutbacks |
| 211 |
Goshko | New York Regents Oust Board over
Adelphi (College) President's Role |
| 215 | Strauss | UDC
Sends Pink Slips to 125 Faculty Members--Warnings of Academic Ruin |
| 216 | Horwitz/Strauss |
DC Schools: Learning Hard Way--System Protects Jobs, Shortchanges
Classrms |
| 216 | Strauss | Meaning of UDC Cuts Depends of
Viewpoint |
| 218 | Powell/Loeb | DC Schools: Learning Hard Way: In
Lieu of Planning, Patchwork |
| 219 | Struck | DC
Schools: Learning Hard Way: Special Ed System Exacts Price in Waste/Neglect |
| 220 | Strauss/Horwitz | DC Schools: Learning Hard Way:
Students Caught in Cycle of Classrm Failures |
| 221 | Strauss/Loeb | Top
Officials Want Smith Investigated: School Spending Broke Law |
| 228 | Wilgoren | School Board President (Reeves) Considers Resigning from DC Trustee
Board |
| 502 | Locy | Founder of
DC's Kedar School (for emotionally troubled kids) Is Indicted (for fraud) |
| 502 | Wilgoren | Norton Tells School Board to Make Do With Budget--find funds for Charter
Schools |
| 504 | Matthews | DC School Closings' Emotional Toll--on
students from adult anger |
| 505 | Sanchez | Seattle's
Drive to Keep Middle-class Students--Example for DC? |
| 505 |
| UDC
Law School Losing its Fight for Accreditation |
| 506 | Wilgoren | DC
Schools (Bd of Ed) Official Accused of Mishandling His Church's Money |
| 508 | Loeb | Efforts to Reform DC Schools Found Wanting--policy chief doubts draft of
academic plan |
| 510 | Wilgoren | Records Tripping Up DC School
Officials; Trustees Still Don't Know Who Works Where |
| 512 | Vise/Morin | Poll finds Majority in DC Give Control Board Low Marks on Schools,
Services |
| 514 | Wilgoren | School Trustees Chairman (MacLaury)
Criticizes DC Academic Plan |
| 515 | Beyers | School
System Praised for Partnership with Businesses--in Montgomery County |
| 517 | Wilgoren | Becton Sees School Reform as 'on Track'--progress to be evident in fall |
| 518 | Segal | Howard, UDC Lag on (MD) Bar Exam
Passage Rates--worse than other local schools |
| 523 | Miller | Tax
Crackdown (on scofflaws) Produces Dividend for DC Schools (public service fines) |
| 523 | Wilgoren | (regular) DC School Board Running out
of Money--may have to cut pay, privileges |
| 528 | Editor | A School
Board Farce--elected school board spending high on personnel services |
| JULY, 1997 |
|
| 702 | Editor | Schools are the Public's
Business (Becton too secretive) |
| 706 |
Wilgoren | Closed DC Schools Get Some Offers (selling plans for many of
60 excess properties) |
| 709 | Wilgoren |
Master Named to Fix DC ("Long-broken") Special Education Transportation |
| 711 | Sanchez | (Clinton's) Education
Initiatives Off to Slow Start($ cut to repair dilapidated schools (incl DC)) |
| 711 | Miller | Judge Warns of Back-to-School Delays (due to
unfinished building repairs) |
| 711 | Wilgoren |
DC School Chief (Becton) Seeks Shorter, 1-Yr Terms for Proncials (speed up axing poor
ones) |
| 713 | Students | Our Law School
Has Earned Right to Stay Open (cites out of date data in Congress) |
| 715 | Strauss | Opponents May Derail UDC Radio Station Sale
(avoid sale to religious group) |
| 715 | Wilgoren |
43 DC Schools to Wait Longer for New Roofing (work postponed: can't do in
time) |
| 718 | Editor | Fix the Roofs
(work out way to fix roofs, open schools on time) |
| 721 |
Strauss | UDC Law School, Needy Clientele in Limbo--future uncertain;
Cong Taylor won't fund |
| 723 | Wilgoren |
DC Students Score Poorly in Basic Math, Reading Tests--many below new promotion
standard |
| 723 | Miller | Principal
Admitted Taking Notebook, Officer Says (trial of Anigbo of Marcus Garvey School |
| 724 | Wilgoren | Education Firm to Apply for
DC Charter School, NY Edison Proj partner with SE Friendship House |
| 724 | Miller | Times Reporter Testifies Anigbo Hit,
Taunted her at Garvey School |
| 724 | Editor |
Low Scores, Higher Expectations--Emergency School Takeover will fail if don't
improve |
| 727 | Letter | The City
Closes a Good School, based on economics not academic performance |
| 730 | Williams | Control Board Bypasses DC Council, Approves
Medicaid Contracts |
| 731 | None | DC
Officer Says Principal Complained About Police Conduct at Garvey School |
| 731 | Matthews | Vacancies Beckon at DC Job
Fair--filling 200 Teaching positions |
| AUGUST,
1997 |
| 803 | Rice Thurston | DC Schools Must Open on Time (says
Parents United) |
| 805 | Staff | DC Schools in Line to Get Millions from (Sallie
Mae's) Privatization--get profits, by law |
| 805 | Miller | Garvey Teacher
(Anigbo) Says DC Officer Hit Her--=according to defense case |
| 807 | Miller | Anigbo Testimony Blames Reported for School Melee |
| 807 | Strauss | UDC Law School Given Another Shot at Accreditation--to argue its a case in
January |
| 808 | Miller | Judge Expected to Rule Today in Garvey School
Assault Case |
| 808 | Constable | DC Schools Delay Start by 3
Weeks--officials, parents bicker over repairs |
| 809 | Constable | DC Schools Are
in a Bind, Top Official (Becton) Says--defending postponing opening |
| 809 | Matthews | Latest (School) Crisis Puts Many Parents in Bad Mood--accuse officials of
mismanagement |
| 809 | Editor | Late For School Again--students have the most
to lose by parents,officials bickering |
| 809 | Miller | Principal (Anigbo),
3 Others Found Guilty of Assaulting Reporting, Police Officers |
| 811 | Matthews | New DC Academic Officer No Stranger to Challenges--Ackerman to set high
standards |
| 812 | Matthews | School Chief, Parent Group to Cooperate--to
urge judge to open on time |
| 812 | Editor | The Marcus Garvey
Verdict--racist charges didn't work |
| 813 | Matthews | Request Made to
Open Schools on Time--by parents and officials |
| 813 | Yassky | Failing the Schools
Experiment--control board/trustees not succeeding |
| 814 | Matthews | Judge Rejects
Both Sides' Plea to Let Schools Open--unsafe during roof repair work |
| 814 | Strauss | C-Span Buys Radio Station from UDC--for $13 million |
| 815 | Matthews | Two Sides to Appeal Ruling on Opening of DC Schools |
| 816 | Matthews | DC Schools Shuffle Ranks of Principals--Bector fires 8, upgrades 31 others
|
| 819 | Editor | Questions for Charter Schools--unaccountability
and "idiosyncratic" specialization |
| 820 | Wilgoren | Delayed Opening
to Mean Longer DC School Days--Becton sticks to Sept 22 start date |
| 821 | Wilgoren | Becton's Shake-up Heaviest in DC's Middle, Junior High Schools--12 principals
removed |
| 821 | Tucker | Sinking in DC's Schools--pushing for tuition
vouchers to get some out of 78% low-income student body |
| 822 | Sanchez | Edison (Charter) School Project Growing Slowly--yet to make profit in 3rd year
|
| 822 | AssocPress | US School Enrollment to Hit Record This
Year--peak in Yr2007 (not in DC) |
| 822 | Greene | Roof Crisis
Catches Becton Off Guard--safety issue overlooked --54 /126 schools involved--$s late
|
| 823 | Silberman/Swift | Raising the Roof about School
Delays--Becton and aides dropped the ball |
| 823 | Miller/Wilgoren | DC
School Appeal Rejected by Judges--roof repairs "too risky" |
| 823 | Editor | Seizing Lost Class Time in DC--keeping recreation centers open--more ideas
needed |
| 823 | Editor | Jam-packed Suburban Schools--hiring 3200
teachers to handle 12000 more students (now 520,000) |
| 824 | Miller | In Her Court, an
Open-and-Shut Case--Judge Christian shows she's serious--son in DC school |
| 825 | Ladner | The Good Going on Behind Headlines--firecode violations fixed, schlbks in--avg
bldg age 50+yrs |
| 826 | Wilgoren | DC Schools Make Progress on Transport--but
service for (8000) disabled students still "troubled" |
| 827 | Wilgoren | Have a Good
Year -- or Else, Becton Says (lays out standards for principals and students) |
| 827 | Benning | SAT Scores Rise in Montgomery (to 1092), PG (to 895), fall in DC (to 811), NVa
(to 1044 in Arl) |
| 828 | Beyers | Blacks' SAT Scores at 2 Montgomery Schools
Raise Flags--school board to probe reasons |
| 828 | Wilgoren | DC Charter
School Plans to Keep Anigbo, 3 Others--despite assault convictions--school board unsure
|
| 830 | Sismanidis | Empty Words (from Ladner) about DC
Schools--no evidence from Becton re long-range plans |
| SEPTEMBER, 1997 |
| | |
| 831 | Manno | Charting a New
Course:Across the Nation, Charter Schools are Thriving: Why not here?no answer |
| 901 | Wilgoren | Despite Shaky Start, DC Schools Chief Says Progress Will
Show This Year:roofs, teachers, books |
| 903 | Wilgoren | Parents Decry Class Inaction: (small)
group marches on DC school headquarters |
| 904 | Wilgoren | Gingrich Gives ("Total")
Support to Becton School Reform Plan |
| 905 | GluckmanLtr | Troublemakers in DC Schools--gotta
separate violent disrupters, emotionally disabled or not |
| 905 | Nakashima | VA School Board Adopts
Tough New Standards: testing, penalties, courses, counseling |
| 905 | Wilgoren | DC
Could Face Fines for Unfinished Schools: Judge (Christian) says offcials "less than
truthful' |
| 906 | Editor | Raising the Roof Over Schools: gotta get schools opened by
9/22: Becton losing credibility |
| 906 | Wilgoren | In a Word, A Setback for DC Schools:
Judge Christian's "complete" is confusing in roof repair |
| 908 | Harris | First No Summer Jobs, Now
Students Still Await Promised Refunds |
| 909 | Pressler | Learning Annex's DC Adult Education Is
Shut Down--losing money, inappropriate course catalogue |
| 909 | Wilgoren | Becton to Ask Senate Subcommittee for Fire Code Change,
prevent school shut-downs |
| 910 | Wilgoren | Opening Date Is Firm for Schools, DC
Officials Say--to meet with Judge 9/11 |
| 911 | Horwitz/Strauss | Filling In Til Schools Open--some
using home-teaching |
| 912 | Wilgoren | 26 DC Schools Cleared, But City Fined $14,000 by Judge
Kaye Christian for Repairs Not Finished |
| 913 | Editor | No More DC School Daze--school system in
crisis can't stand bad decisions causing late start |
| 914 | Cain (parent) | Who is Being Served
by Closing All DC Public Schools?--punishing parents/students--secrecy bad |
| 915 | Editor | Wrong
Move on Education--merging all federal aid to elem/sec schools into 2 block grants to
districts |
| 917 | Wilgoren | DC Charter School Futures on the Line: Bd of Education
considers revoking Garvey charter after Anigbo |
| 917 | Vise/Powell | Lawmakers
(Gingrich/Lott/Lieberman) Again Propose School Vouchers for 2000 of DC's Poor
Students |
| 918 | Wilgoren | School Board to Focus on Garvey Scuffle--6-5 split vote on
whether to consider revoking charter |
| 918 | Staff | DC Schools Seek Volunteers to Help Clean
146 Buildings--especially 50 closed for repairs |
| 918 | Horwitz | DC School Curriculum
Overhaul Proceeding--standardization, learning goals at each grade, etc. |
| 918 | Wilgoren | DC
Schools Promise to Do Better Despite Continuing Turmoil--new tests, staff cuts, teacher
certification |
| 918 | Behr | Howard's ex-President (Cheek) in Bankruptcy Battle--may lose
luxury assets amassed during tenure |
| 919 | Wilgoren | Roof at Leekie Elem Dchool in DC Fails
Test--last building still ordered closed |
| 922 | Wilgoren | DC Schools Back in Business--scrambling
to prepare for kids--got little community help--11 less schools |
| 923 | Wilgoren | DC
Schools Open with Promise and Lingering Problems--some parents fume over 30 min longer
day |
| 924 | Loeb | Nat'l Ed Assn (Union) Will Pay $1.1M Annual DC Prop
Tax--exemption was to be revoked by Taylor |
| 924 | Staff | DC Principal Wins $25K
Education Award for boosting academic accomplishments of disadvantaged |
| 925 | Wilgoren | DC
School Board Proposes Revoking Garvey's Charter (4 to 2) re misdemeanor
convictions |
| 925 | Wilgoren | Some DC Schools Still Missing Textbooks--due to problems
with deliveries, credit, roof leak damage |
| 926 | Wilgoren | DC School Officials Say 3% of Books Still
on Order--delivery delays, closures for repairs |
| 927 | Editor | The Marcus Garvey
Decision--Garvey trustees should reconsider position brushing off convictions |
| 927 | Wilgoren | Council Gives Becton Earful Over School Repairs and
Costs--Becton promises more openness |
| 928 | Williams | DC Council Takes Some Heat Over
Council Education Committee Inaction--during School Crisis |
| 930 | Editor | The
Voucher Issue:--modest experimental program might energize public schools--do no
harm |
| 930 | Loose/Strauss | (School) Vouchers (@$3200) May Open Few
Doors--parochial/private schools near full, more costly |
| OCTOBER,
1997 |
|---|
| | |
| 1001 | Sanchez | (National) popularity Grows for Alts to Public
School--some districts react as charter schools expand |
| 1001 | Vise/Loeb | Senate
Democrats Block DC (School) Vouchers for Now--may be revived in conference |
| 1002 | Editor | There
Will Be More (School) Closings--no consensus on long-term master plan for school
facilities |
| 1002 | Wilgoren | Roof Leaks Force 2nd DC School Closure in
Two Days--students move from Paul to Coolidge High |
| 1004 | Strauss | DC
Students Move as Officials Grumble--800 students spend day at UDC--judge's moves called
absurd |
| 1004 | Editor | How Businesses Help the Schools--Giant, Safeway, others award $tens of million
in equipment |
| 1006 | Loose | Former DC Leader's Firm Paid to Push School
Vouchers--Sterling Tucker 1st Chairman DC Council |
| 1006 | Dixon (D-CA) | A
Surefire Way to Undercut our Public Schools--voucher programs starve schools |
| 1006 | Wilgoren | Praying to Buy Building--church group seeks (to renovate) old Buchanan School
for civic uses |
| 1007 | Wilgoren | Becton Seeks Private (Law) Firm to Represent
City Schools (pro bono)--to battle Judge Christian |
| 1008 | Wilgoren | Bell
Students Stage Protest at School--Council Member Chavous Proposes Repair Plan |
| 1010 | Vise | House
of Reps Votes Vouchers for DC Students--by one vote: "time has come for school
choice" |
| 1010 | Thomas-Lester | Leaky Roof Closes Hart for 4th DC
School Disruption--700 students affected, to be bussed elsewhere |
| 1010 | Miller | Prosecutors
Suggest Jail for (Charter School Principal) Anigbo--backers cry "racism" |
| 1011 | Wilgoren | DC
Leaders Say Students Hurt by Suit--Judge (Christian), Parents United blasted over
repairs |
| 1011 | Gilliam | Beware of Republicans Bearing Gifts--argues
against helping only 2000 kids go for college v crime |
| 1012 | Bunzel/Nelson | Hard Facts About Falling Minority (Law School) Admissions--two supporting
views |
| 1014 | Babington | Prince George's (County) Faces Greater MD
Oversight--Congress insists on more state oversight |
| 1015 | Staff | Garvey
(Kindergarten)Teacher Ordered to Do Community Service--for role in
confrontation |
| 1015 | Babington | Improving PG School Marks Do Not Sway
Skeptics--more state oversight for biggest MD schl dist |
| 1016 | Miller | Anigbo
Gets No Jail Time--principal put on probation--10,000 petitioned support--SchlBd decsion
ahead |
| 1016 | Editor | Charting Path for DC Schools: quarreling adults should stop paralysing school
system, victimizing kids |
| 1017 | Editor | Bossing Prince George's Schools--Rep. Rawlings
should not be calling shots in PG, MD should |
| 1018 | Strauss | Settlement
Odds Improve In Schools Suit--School Board and Parents United say talks are
positive |
| 1019 | MacLaurey
ltr | Terminate the Lawsuit: Parents United action
counterproductive--time to put kids, not lawyers, first |
| 1019 | Strauss | Judge
(Christian) Allows DC School to Reopen--Bell water leak in glass breezeway fixed |
| 1020 | Twomey | How DC Has Failed Its Students: Bell closing jeopardize kids; no lunch, no gym,
no labs or auditorium |
| 1021 | Babington | Proposal Would End Busing, Settle (25-yr
old) Suit in PG--between Bd of Education and NAACP, |
| 1022 | Frazier/Spinner | (PG) PLan to End Busing Blasted by PG Leaders as Too Costly--don't have $500M
for local schools etc |
| 1022 | Wilgoren | DC Schools Look at Stricter Stndrds: new
academic boss wants hold-backs, summer school; C to graduate |
| 1022 | Sanchez | US
Students Do Poorly In (NAEP) Science Test: 40% in MD/VA fail in basic understanding, 80% in
DC |
| 1023 | Brown | PG Closing All Its Public Mental Health Clinics--MD shifting to fees to private
service providers |
| 1023 | Wilgoren | Ballou High (School) Students Walk
Out--hundreds protest over school closing, principal's ouster |
| 1023 | Editor | DC
Schools -- No More Excuses: wants city to push new Ackerman standards to advance,
graduate |
| 1024 | Strauss | Judge (Christian) Closes DC School to Fix
Boiler--46 more need heating repairs--decision called tragic |
| 1025 | Strauss | Angry
Judge (Christian) Closes 4 More DC Schools--scolds officials for not getting her
permission |
| 1025 | Terry
Ltr | Parent Support for Marcus Garvey--attended trial, think jury
wrong--Anigbo non-violent |
| 1025 | Editor | School Disgrace--stalemate among so-called
adults as bad as condition of schools |
| 1026 | Wilgoren | Contest of Wills Contribes to School
Chaos--overzealous judge, stubborn General |
| 1028 | Wilgoren | Battle
over Boilers Leaves DC Students Out in Cold--kids bused as judge keeps school
closed |
| 1029 | Wilgoren | Fire Marshal Finds (roof) Leaks, Closes Eighth
DC School--4500+ students being bused elsewhere |
| 1029 | Editor | Closed
Minds, Closed Schools--lack of credible political leadership makes DC regional
laughingstock |
| 1030 | Wilgoren | Tests Show Many DC Kids Wouldn't be
Promoted--40% Grds 2, 3 can't read, 50% Grds 10,11 very bad |
| 1030 | Twomey | Recipe
for DC: School Repairs Chicago-style--where all schools will stay open during roof
repairs |
| 1031 | Locy | In Christian's Court Watch What You Say--maintains tight control over court,
won't be interrupted |
| 1031 | Wilgoren | Roofs Replaced, 2 Schools to Reopen--eight
others remain shut |
| 1031 | Finn/Brruno | Do the Right Thing for Marcus Garvey--and
All Charter Schools: change ldrshp, take over, or shutdown |
| 1031 | Shaver | In DC
Suburbs, Closing Schools for Repairs is Avoided at All Costs: Fairfax, Howard, Montgomery,
etc. |
| NOVEMBER, 1997 |
|---|
| | |
| 1101 | Editor | DC Public Schools' Stiffest
Test: support for Academic Officer Ackerman on standards, test scores |
| 1101 | Matthews | Arlington (VA) Gets Specific about Academic Goals: school
board sets numeric goals for students |
| 1101 | Frazier | 13 Prince George's Schools
Feel Heat: Raise Scores or Risk Overhaul by MD state school board |
| 1101 | Wilgoren | Both
Sides Tout Progress Towards Settling DC School Lawsuit: Parents United vs School
Board |
| 1101 | Strauss | (DC) Council's Education Committee to Launch New Review
of UDC: Control Bd reports not made public |
| 1102 | Brandenburg | Taken for a Ride on an
Educational Bandwagon: teacher says tests inconsistent with curriculum |
| 1102 | Milloy | Unblinking in Her Duty to Children: Judge Christian praised
for fighting 'bureaucratic culture' |
| 1103 | Shen/Shaver | Plan to Add (State)
Graduation Exams Leads to Division in MD: NAACP frets some don't 'test well' |
| 1103 | Bowles | Create-a-School: 26 Proposals Vie for DC Board Approval--to
join growing Charter School movement |
| 1104 | Strauss | Some Praise, Others Decry
School Accord--saying Parents United didn't get enough controls |
| 1104 | Wilgoren | Parents Group, District Settle Lawsuit Over School Repairs:
Board commits to repair funding |
| 1104 | Mooar | Garvey School Board to
Suspend Principal (Angibo)--30/60 days, to Preserve school's charter |
| 1105 | Sanchez | House
Votes Against (Nationwide) Bill to Provide School Vouchers--Republicans defect |
| 1105 | Staff | Council Backs Part of Health Care Measure--to benefit some
low-income residents |
| 1105 | Staff | Session Planned on Garvey School's Charter by DC Bd of
Education following Garvey Board action |
| 1105 | Wilgoren | Without Suit, 3 DC Schools
to Reopen--Judge Christian Offically Relinquishes Control |
| 1105 | Editor | What the
(School) Settlement Could Mean: with Christian out of the way, up to DC school officials
now |
| 1106 | Frazier | MD School Chief Criticizes PG County Bid for
Funds--$500M requested to end court-ordered busing |
| 1106 | Loeb | DC Day-Care Centers to Get a
Close Look: Control Board to Push Inspections, Massive Overhauls |
| 1106 | Shen | Older
(Montgomery County) Schools Set for Rennovations--plan to modernize all every 30
years |
| 1107 | Wilgoren | DC School Board Decides (10:0) to Let Garvey Keep
Charter--based on disciplining Anigbo et al |
| 1107 | Benning | Dissension Over Discipline:
Fairfax Schools Slow to Try 'Timeout Rooms'--to settle down unruly kids |
| 1109 | Tukeva | The
Damage That Can't be Repaired: missed opportunities when her DC school was closed
|
| 1109 | Gillen | National School Testing Will: a) Help, b) Hurt,c etc.--testing
doesn't provide info parents want |
| 1112 | Benning | Fairfax Schools Hire LI
Educator praised for his passion ($150K salary) |
| 1114 | Benning | New Fairfax School Chief
Wants Clear Student Goals, United Board: go from excellent to exceptional |
| 1115 | Babington | PG
Schools Likely to Get Big Increase in Construction Aid--up to $50M to help end
busing |
| 1116 | Jarrett ltr | ......Get the Children Readng: need a privately funded
'reading czar' for 20-yr literacy campaign |
| 1116 | Benning | Good Isn't Enough for
Fairfax School System--new superintendent to battle complacency |
| 1116 | Sherburne
ltr | The Next Priority for DC Schools......: need audit agency like normal state school
boards |
| 1116 | Editor | A New School Chief for Faifax--new challenges in
urban/suburban gaps in white v minority performance |
| 1116 | Staff | Planned Rally (to show support)
for DC Public Schools Fizzles--ony a dozen show up |
| 1117 | Strauss et al | Two School Boards
Seem Born to Fight--Elected Board, Appointed Trustees at Odds: Reeves v Becton |
| 1117 | Shaver | For
High School Students, A More Realistic Course--alternatives to aiming for college, dropping
out |
| 1118 | Frazier | PG County Goes to Court Over School System's Future--may
end years of busing for desegregation |
| 1118 | Wilgoren et al | One Year Later,
Becton Still Struggling: critics point to problems, backers to progress: 'fix by
Yr2000' |
| 1119 | Spinner | PG County Council Votes to Cap Growth for Sake of
Schools--developer moratorium/fee to build schools |
| 1119 | Staff | Becton Calls for Volunteer
Reading Tutors--to help 2nd graders: 40% tested below promotable level |
| 1120 | Staff | School
Workers Consider Strike Over Pay Issue--union wants raise and back pay-might cut
heat/food |
| 1120 | Editor | DC School Reforms: Year One: huge job, Becton's style, bad
staff, etc.--yr 2 gotta make breakthroughs |
| 1121 | Strauss | Warning on UDC's
Accreditation Lifted After Financial Outlook Improves, budgets cut, $37.8 in new
Bill |
| 1121 | Shen | Montgomery School Board Passes $114M Budget--emphasis
shifts to renovating buildings |
| 1122 | Editor | UDC's New Lease on Life:
Has survived pain and sacrifice--needs all the support it can get |
| 1123 | Williams | DC
Schools Face Threat of Walkout by 2 non-classroom union workers over pay raise ordered,
unmet |
| 1127 | Valentine | Baltimore Suspends 1200 students as Massive Response to
Student Anarchy, rowdiness, chaos |
| 1127 | Strauss | DC Public Charter School Bd
OKs 3 New Charter Schools (one for adults)--8 others may follow |
| 1130 | Wilgoren | DC
School's Big Test: principal, teachers, 873 students strive to measure up to new academic
rqmts |
| DECEMBER, 1997 |
|---|
| 1201 | ER Myers | UDC:
'A Citadel of Hope'--has proved its viability as the first big public university in nation's
capital |
| 1201 | Weil | Area's (Creative School) Principals Honored with Post
Awards--includes DC's Upson @ Coolidge High |
| 1202 | Editor | Pushing for New Maryland
Schools--need emphasis on balance/fairness, not 'business as usual' |
| 1202 | Staff | School
Officials Move to Avert Possible Strike: bonus accepted but back pay, raises still at
issue |
| 1203 | Frazier | Pr. George's Leader Describes Shift (away from) Forced
Busing--based on growing black power |
| 1204 | Wilgoren | DC School Board Not All
Ears at (Charter School) Hearing--most elected members absent or tardy |
| 1205 | Perez-Rivas | Crowded Classrooms Rise on Montgomery's
Agenda--officials agree to tackle--1500 classrooms too full |
| 1205 | Raspberry | To
Change a Culture--convince black kids/parents education matters: gotta improve all public
schools |
| 1206 | Shaver | Maryland Education Board Ready to Move on (tougher
graduation) Testing Program--some not sure |
| 1209 | Staff | Control Board Takes Over 31
Closed Schools--prelude to sales or lease by school system |
| 1210 | Valentine | MD
Panel Urges (State School Board to) Increasing Teacher Training in Reading--including
phonics |
| 1210 | Shen | Montgomery Reading Scores Rise--racial disparities persist :
77% white/asian; 45%black/hispanics |
| 1211 | Benning | A Chance to Set a Course
for Schools--VA Panel to Propose New Agenda--more vocational training |
| 1211 | Shaver | Maryland
School Board Approves New Test--students must pass exams to graduate--by Aug,
2000 |
| 1211 | Wilgoren | DC Students Say Schools Still Need Improvement--teachers
and texts still short--little progress |
| 1211 | Frazier | Pr. George's Curry Calls
Desegregation (Busing) Order 'Obsolete'--urges end of Court Oversight |
| 1212 | Shaver | MD
releases Results of State (Education) Assessment Tests: Howard top, PG, Baltimore at
bottom |
| 1212 | Staff | Bell Atlantic To Finish Linking School, Internet: Foundation
Gives Grants to Anacostia |
| 1212 | Shen | Montgomery May Pump Up
Teaching Staff--superintendent's plan stresses key subjects |
| 1213 | Frazier | Pr.
George's Residents Launch School Crusade--want more volunteers, better results from
officials |
| 1213 | Editor | School Reform, Maryland Style--Europeans and Asians both do
better educating kids, says OECD |
| 1213 | Nakamura | Lack of Substitute
Teachers Puts Area Schools to Test--officials juggle, some teachers exhausted |
| 1213 | Wilgoren | Often in DC Schools, Check Isn't In Mail--teachers, others
frustrated by payment delays--old systems |
| 1214 | Benning | Fairfax Magnet School Gets
President's Attention--Race Initiative Board to study Bailey Elementary--like UN |
| 1216 | Staff | DC
School Workers Renew Strike Threat on Jan 5--if back pay, bonus, promises not reconfirmed
|
| 1216 | Wilgoren | DC Wait Grows for Hearings on Special-Ed Needs--despite
Becton pledge, backlog still rising |
| 1217 | Mathews | State (VA) to Phase Out
Old Literacy Test--more difficult exam to replace 20-yr old one |
| 1217 | Wilgoren | DC
Schools Vow Action on Test Scores: Official 146-school enrollment at 77,111, down from
78,648 in '96 |
| 1217 | Benning | Fairfax Board Favors (1-week) Earlier '98 School Start
--majority disagree |
| 1218 | Strauss | DC Bd of Education Awards Provisional DC School Charters
to 5 organizations (2 technology-oriented) |
| 1218 | Staff | Planned Sale of Hardy School
(to GWU) Decried, claiming Georgetown kid population rising |
| 1218 | Mathews | School
Honor Roles Posted: in DC: 37 in public schools, 230 private; Montgomery 1375 public, 200
private |
| 1219 | Frazier | Curry's Plan Gets Tepid Response--some Pr. George's officials
see power grab in $483M for new schools |
| 1220 | Frazier | Try to Settle (PG) School
Desegregation Case (reversing '72 NAACP suit) Judge Messitte urges parties |
| 1222 | Staff | 2000
School Employees Get Bonus Checks--promise of raise--backpay unresolved--may avert
strike |
| 1223 | Sanchez | Clinton '98 School Plan to Propose Urban Aid--focus on big
city 'education opportunity zones' (DC?) |
| 1224 | Pierre | Pr. George's Schools Chief
Seeks 10% SpendingJump: +$77M for new schools, teacher pay, safety |
| 1225 | Pan | Pr. George's
Board Rejects Curry Bid for More Control Over School (construction)--opts for
committee |
| 1227 | Staff | Demoted DCS Offical Takes New Post--'disorganized' chief
academic officer now high school principal |
| 1227 | Wilgoren | School Bus Purchase Can
Save DC Millions in Court Fines by buying 300 16-pass. buses for disabled |
| 1230 | Wilgoren | DC
School Trustees Release Prog Rpt--count 9980 employees, 77111 students--11 schools
closed |
