Last month, the mayor (finally) released audited enrollment data. But the report created by the office of the state superintendent of education (OSSE) is dated January. So let us examine some reasons for those months of silence. --Enrollment is not demonstrably increasing. The total audited numbers this year (including adults) are 51,782 for DCPS and 48,065 for … Continue reading Welcome To DC’s Brave New World Of Decreasing School Enrollment

--DC’s proposed budget is out—here is DCPS and charter school information and here is capital information (starting on p. 231 for DCPS).  --As of this blog post, most education budget oversight hearings have been officially listed on the council calendar, which has sign-up information for those who wish to testify. What listings I found with sign-up information I have put immediately … Continue reading April Hearings & Happenings

At some point while listening to the February 9 PACE Act hearing, it occurred to me that although DGS and DCPS appeared to care less about the public trust in DC’s school buildings than, I don’t know, carrots in Idaho, they were not alone.  For me, the tell was at the 1:50:55 mark of the hearing video, … Continue reading Erasing The Public In DC Public School Facilities

So as we peruse DC’s newly released audited enrollments (see also here; all the data was held for two months until released last week) AND as we wait (again!) for the mayor to bring forth a new budget, let us take a moment to see where we are regarding education governance ahead of the June 16 DC primary … Continue reading Education Governance in DC (And Beyond!)