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Category Archives: School Reform
Restoring Sanity in Education
LISTEN TO BRANDT & CAROLE ROBINSON [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” on the National Mall in Washington, DC Saturday drew as many as 250,000 people. … Continue reading
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Hardy Middle School Students on School Reform
LISTEN TO MALACHI & MIRANDA WOODS [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 While there has been a great deal of discussion in the media surrounding school reform, rarely are the voices of those at the target end … Continue reading
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Local Headlines, Oct 22 – Wa. Post reports on for-profit colleges… awkward; Post smites enemies on D.C. Council, endorsing Republicans; and more…
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 The Washington Post Co. owns the for-profit college and test company Kaplan, which earned a 2009 revenue of $2.6 billion, accounting for more than 60 percent of the Post Co.’s total … Continue reading
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Local Headlines, Oct 21 – Wash Post “school reform” manifesto, juvenile offenders to have their records released to public, and more…
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Tuesday, the D.C. Council unanimously passed legislation that will require that juveniles have their criminal records released to the public if they are convicted of a violent crime. If Mayor Adrian … Continue reading
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Courtland Milloy vs. the Washington Post
LISTEN TO COURTLAND MILLOY HERE: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 Since 1983, Courtland Milloy’s columns for the Washington Post have dealt “primarily with issues that affect the lives of African Americans.” According to Milloy, Mayor Adrian … Continue reading
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“Waiting for Superman” – Spectrum Today, WPFW 89.3 FM, October 1, 2010
LISTEN TO CHRIS BERGFALK AND JIM LYONS HERE: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Jim Lyons and Chris Bergfalk joined host Pete Tucker for a discussion on the so-called “school reform” efforts of DC Schools Chancellor Michelle … Continue reading
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“Voices With Vision” on WPFW 89.3 FM, Tuesday, September 21, 2010
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Journalist Pete Tucker joined co-hosts Netfa Freeman and Naji Mujahid for a discussion on the controversies surrounding Hardy Middle School in Georgetown. Hardy students Miranda and Malachi Woods explained why they attempted a walk-out in order to highlight the loss … Continue reading
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“Hope for Pope” at Hardy Middle School
LISTEN TO MIRANDA, MALACHI and SHERRY WOODS HERE: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download audio Until he was “promoted” to a school that does not exist this summer, Patrick Pope was the popular principal of the high-achieving Hardy Middle School. Miranda … Continue reading
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Pete Tucker on “Voices with Vision” talking about education reform and Michelle Rhee
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Journalist Pete Tucker joined “Voices With Vision” co-host Netfa Freeman on WPFW 89.3 FM on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 (election day!) for a discussion on Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee.
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Michelle Rhee Unedited and Unapologetic
LISTEN TO CHANCELLOR MICHELLE RHEE HERE: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 Friday evening, Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee hosted an upscale private celebration in the East Hall of Union Station for hundreds of District of Columbia Public … Continue reading
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