The District of Columbia Council unanimously confirmed Antwan Wilson as public schools chancellor. He's expected to begin his new position on February 1.
District Launches New Ad Campaign Promoting School Attendance Effort Part of Cross-Agency Initiative to Improve Outcomes Through Truancy Prevention WHAT/WHO: Mayor Vincent C. Gray. Deputy Mayor for Education, De’Shawn Wright, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Beatriz “BB” Oteroand, the Honorable Zoe Bush, Associate Judge, D.C. Superior Court will unveil a new citywide ad campaign that reinforces the link between consistent school attendance and academic success. Research shows that missing […]
VIA WJLA: More than 100 D.C. teenagers walked out of class Monday because they’re angry about the way they say their teachers are being treated. Students from four D.C. public high schools converged on the school system’s headquarters Monday. They’re upset about impending teacher layoffs recently announced by D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee. “I am out […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: Enrollment in D.C. public schools topped 44,000 Wednesday, bringing it within a few hundred students of administrators’ target for the 2009-10 academic year, Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee’s office reported. Jennifer Calloway, Rhee’s spokeswoman, said enrollment in the system’s 127 schools stood at 44,397, a significant increase from the 37,000 students registered […]
         VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: For the first time since the Food and Drug Administration approved the controversial vaccine in June 2006, schools in the District and Virginia are asking that girls entering sixth grade receive the vaccine designed to protect them against HPV, which causes genital […]
