In January, the DC council held two hearings on teacher and principal retention in our publicly funded schools. The first hearing (on January 21, video here, hearing record here) featured two panels (one on teacher retention, the other on principal retention) as well as a host of public witnesses. The second hearing (on January 22, video here, hearing record here) featured two … Continue reading Oh, The Places We Don’t Go: DC Teacher Retention 2026

--Tomorrow, run to the Senate and House to make clear that DC stands for protecting DC kids and families from harmful federal interference. Recess at the Capitol, sponsored by Free DC and for youth and their families, is tomorrow Friday March 13, from 10 am to 2 pm. Sign up and more information is here. --Sign on … Continue reading Upcoming Events–And A Brief Catching Up

What follows here is my informal and inevitably idiosyncratic accounting of four recent education performance oversight hearings covering the charter board, DCPS, and OSSE (the office of the state superintendent of education), ahead of the expected budget release on April 1.  A few things stood out to me across the many hours of testimony and … Continue reading Some Of What Was Said: DCPS & PCSB Performance Oversight Hearings (With OSSE Coda)