New Schools Chief, Old Story- June 30, 2007 The first time I heard the term "chancellor" associated with public education in the District of Columbia was more than 30 years ago. Then, as now, the proposed chancellor's position turned up in a plan to shift control over the city's public school system from the elected school board to the mayor. And then, as now, the plan drew fire from the school board and home-rule advocates.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... In the Class of '07, a Wellspring of Hope- June 23, 2007 This year, I was especially privileged to share commencement celebrations with several hundred D.C. public school graduates, their families and their friends. The pride written on their faces during the ceremonies said it all. They were gratified by the achievement of receiving a high school diploma. Notwithstanding what some critics of D.C. public education might say, it took work and preparation to reach graduation day.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... Something to Celebrate in D.C. Schools- June 16, 2007 The D.C. public school system took it on the chin this week. It began on the front page of last Sunday's Post. A three-part series opened with a detailed account of the school system's breakdown. Monday's edition reported on failed attempts at reform, replete with names and faces of the vanquished. Tuesday brought a story about a failing urban school system elsewhere that managed to achieve some success.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... Cutting a School Contract Down to Size- June 9, 2007 The story of EdBuild, a Washington nonprofit start-up organization that was awarded a $57.6 million sole-source contract by the soon-to-be-out-of-business D.C. Board of Education, continues this week.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... The Insider's Guide to a D.C. School Contract- June 2, 2007 This is a story about EdBuild, a 20-month-old Washington nonprofit organization that has been awarded a $57.6 million no-bid contract and up to $1 million in administrative fees by the D.C. Board of Education to modernize and provide academic services to a handful of D.C. public schools. The multimillion-dollar deal was approved without the signature of the school system's chief procurement officer.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... |