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Transfer of D.C. teacher Erich Martel seems like administrators' revenge
September 8, 2010My nominee for most effective whistleblower in the D.C. school system, Erich Martel, has finally gone too far in the eyes of some school administrators.
Guidance counselors' weak spots: Financial aid, potential private school bias
September 8, 2010I love high school counselors. For an education writer like me, guidance counselors have been wonderful sources of information.
D.C. schools' performance should not be measured by focusing on achievement gap
September 8, 2010The D.C. mayoral race is deeply split on most issues, but everyone agrees on one thing: We must reduce the achievement gap between minority and white students. It is too bad, then, that the gap is such a mindless measure of school progress.
College offers far more than a career path
September 8, 2010 My favorite teacher, Patrick Welsh, wrote an intriguing essay for USA Today about what he considers an overabundance of high school students going on to college. The same sentiments were expressed in a well-phrased letter from Eugene Morgan of Wheaton, published on The Post's editorial page June 20.
College offers far more than a career path
September 8, 2010My favorite teacher, Patrick Welsh, wrote an intriguing essay for USA Today about what he considers an overabundance of high school students going on to college. The same sentiments were expressed in a well-phrased letter from Eugene Morgan of Wheaton, published on The Post's editorial page June 20.
Democratic primary could determine fate of D.C. schools, for better or worse
September 8, 2010School opens today in the District. For the next three weeks, Americans who care about the future of urban schools will watch the city closely.
JAY MATHEWS
September 8, 2010The weekly Jay Mathews education column is on break for a few weeks. But it'll be back next month when school starts.
Books at home push kids toward more schooling
September 8, 2010 My wife's parents did not go to college. Linda's father was a carpenter. Her mother was an aircraft assembly line worker. They grew up in Oklahoma farming families, married, moved to Southern California and raised their children in blue-collar neighborhoods full of families just like theirs.
Books at home push kids toward more schooling
September 8, 2010My wife's parents did not go to college. Linda's father was a carpenter. Her mother was an aircraft assembly line worker. They grew up in Oklahoma farming families, married, moved to Southern California and raised their children in blue-collar neighborhoods full of families just like theirs.
Better data needed to accurately rate school systems
September 8, 2010Educational statistics expert Joseph Hawkins, one of my guides to the mysteries of test assessment, is impatient with the way the Montgomery County public school system is, as he puts it, "always telling the world how much better it is than everyone else." He finds flaws in its latest celebration of...
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