Category Archives: School Reform

Protesters Push Back Against Right-Wing Voucher Movement

Posted on May 19, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO VOICES AT THE RALLY AGAINST VOUCHERS: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “We come down to D.C. today to protest the national campaign for vouchers,” said William Browning, legislative and education director of Action United, … Continue reading →

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Candi Peterson: From Teacher to Blogger to WTU General Vice President

Posted on May 3, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO CANDI PETERSON [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “Here I am today, as the general vice president. Who could have thought this would have happened? But I’m glad it did,” said Candi Peterson, the recently … Continue reading →

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Councilmembers Evans, Brown and Thomas Call for Pope’s Return to Hardy

Posted on March 4, 2011 by admin

“I have been very supportive of chancellors, of school reform, and I’ve sat here for a year and a half waiting for this issue to get solved and as of last Friday it was worse than it has ever been,” … Continue reading →

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Hardy Middle School Students Continue To Be Disrespected and Ignored

Posted on February 18, 2011 by admin

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Carlos Hood, an eighth grade student at Hardy Middle School, has a message for Mayor Vincent Gray: “Do you remember when you extended your hand towards our school? But… now a … Continue reading →

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Hardy’s Future Is Gray

Posted on February 4, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO ERIC WOODS [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Wednesday, Feb. 2, Mayor Vincent Gray addressed the North Michigan Park Civic Association in Northeast D.C. During the Q&A, Miranda Woods, an eighth grade student at Hardy … Continue reading →

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School Reform in Black and White: The Fight to Save John Burroughs

Posted on February 3, 2011 by admin

(The “More Room On the Outside Interview” with Maria Jones won a DCTV Viewers’ Choice Award for “Best Community Focused Program.”) At the height of their power, former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee closed 23 schools. … Continue reading →

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Charter Schools vs. Public Schools, Past and Present

Posted on February 1, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO SHANTA DRIVER [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “The first charter school movement in the United States started from the Virginia Massive Resistance campaign,” said Shanta Driver, an education activist from Detroit and national co-chair … Continue reading →

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Bobb and Walmart Eye DC

Posted on January 21, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO TABRIAN CHAS JOE [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Robert Bobb is not new to either the District of Columbia or Walmart. From 2003-2006, Bobb served as D.C.’s City Administrator under Mayor Anthony Williams and … Continue reading →

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Bruce Monroe Elementary: Case Study in Gentrification

Posted on November 19, 2010 by admin

LISTEN TO RAMIRO ACOSTA [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 In one of her first acts as D.C. Schools Chancellor, Michelle Rhee closed 23 public schools. Bruce Monroe Elementary School wasn’t one of them. The protests from … Continue reading →

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Educate, Don’t Incarcerate

Posted on November 9, 2010 by admin

LISTEN TO MARYLAND SHAW [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Maryland Shaw joined the Baltimore Algebra Project because, “I was wondering why I was reading books that were ten years older than I was. So I was … Continue reading →

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