Building a more just & equitable DC education system by centering the voices of diverse educators, creating a culture of shared leadership & improving retention
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May 21
We’re so grateful to @ChmnMendelson & team for listening to teachers and funding critical priorities!
✅ Community Schools DCPS Connected Schools fully restored
✅ Experiential learning grants restored
✅ Educator wellness grants restored
✅ IMPACT task force
much more!
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May 14
This morning we rallied to save DC community schools- proven to improve student achievement, attendance and support families. We ask the DC council to restore $4 million in @OSSEDC competitive grants and DCPS Connected Schools. $178,000 per school for a robust model x 23 schools= $4M! @ChmnMendelson @BrianneKNadeau @CMBrookePinto @CMFrumin @CMLewisGeorgeW4 @CMZParker5 @CMCharlesAllen @CMWendellFelder @trayonwhite @DoniCrawford @CMCHenderson @AnitaBondsDC @CMRobertWhiteDC @CISNation @FairBudgetDC
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May 14
New: Bowser's budget includes big cuts/major changes to mental health services in schools.
Educators, parents and advocates are sounding the alarm, fearing the loss of the city's only mobile crisis response unit and other huge shifts impacting school clinicians:
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May 14
🚨 WE'RE LIVE for our rally to SAVE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS! Tune in now: instagram.com/empowereddc/li…
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May 14
Flexible scheduling would not reduce instructional time. It provides both educators more time to plan and create effective lessons and student more time to get targeted learning and enrichment opportunities. Let's start by understanding the need for flexible scheduling ⏬
May 14
Wouldn't flexible scheduling reduce instruction time as I've seen proposals where this means four days per week of school? What is the plan to measure achievement in lieu of testing? DCPS is showing real progress here.
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School schedules have been mostly the same for decades. We have to solve for both educator burnout and student disengagement! #FlexibleScheduling provides many options to do this. And many are already successfully being implemented, including in DC, with great success!
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Now you could poke holes in any of these models in particular- our full report has many more models. But the idea is to allow a school community with strong engagement from students, educators and families to choose the schedule that meets THEIR needs best!
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A D.C. report on progress in a new pilot program to reduce school truancy says that while Latino kids are a relatively small proportion of truant kids, those who have been truant have become more truant over fears of ICE activity. One kid, *a U.S. citizen*, was detained by ICE.
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May 8
Council Member @trayonwhite takes a moment to shine a light on the unsung heroes of the District of Columbia during #TeacherAppreciationWeek. See his message on this final day of Teacher Appreciation Week.
#Ward8 #EducationMatters #DCTeachers
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May 8
Happy Friday of #TeacherAppreciationWeek. This message from @DC_Edvocate
- Presidents of @DCSBOE serves as a reminder that the commitment to supporting teachers goes beyond just one week and it's about fighting for what teachers need every day! #TeacherSupport #EducationMatters
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May 7
We are so inspired by the early childhood educators testifying today to restore the pay equity fund and child care subsidies! They are brilliant professionals so dedicated to young people and committed to their craft and purpose. We owe them a dignified wage & stability! @Under3DC @WeAreDCAction @ChmnMendelson
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May 7
Our Director of Policy and Power Building Caroline Pryor testifies powerfully in support of budget investments in experiential learning, teacher wellbeing and retention and support for our @Under3DC allies!
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