Tomorrow morning, March 3, starting at 8 am, DCPS teachers will rally at Freedom Plaza (14th and Pennsylvania Ave. NW), in front of DC's city hall, to demand a new contract. After 6 years without pay increases or a contract, DCPS teachers were just offered a contract without retroactive pay and without any say whether … Continue reading No Pay Raises, No Contract? This Time, It’s On Us

[Ed. Note: Below are comments from DCPS teacher David Tansey and DCPS parent Danica Petroshius to our state superintendent of education’s office (OSSE) concerning how federal law to hold our schools accountable, ESSA, will be formulated in our city. OSSE proposes using an 80% weight for test scores. Many parents and teachers have protested this. … Continue reading Inspiration Morning: Weigh In NOW On How DC Should Judge Its Schools

This was just posted on the Open Government DC webpage: "My School DC and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education are holding a public meeting on Monday, March 6 from 6-7:30pm at the Woodridge Library (1801 Hamlin St NE) to discuss the [mayor's] proposed walkability preference for public charter schools. The intent of the … Continue reading Charter School Walkability Preference: Public Meeting 3/6/17