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“Putting Sports Ahead of Sleep,” Washington Post, March 11, 2009
[Letter-to-the-Editor] I was dismayed to read in the March 2 Metro story “Few People Are Sleeping Through Fairfax’s School Schedule Debate” that the Fairfax County School Board is set to shelve action on later high school start times so as to not ruffle the feathers of a few sports groups…. [Link to Letter-to-the-Editor]
Continue reading...Michael Alison Chandler, “School Board Members Lean Against Changing Bell Times,” Washington Post, March 10, 2009
10. March 2009
The Fairfax County School Board yesterday indicated its firm opposition to a proposal that would have altered school schedules and rearranged bus routes next fall for all 169,000 county students, largely to give teenage students more sleep…. [Link to Article]
Continue reading...“Snooze Control: Fairfax strives to ensure students get their rest,” Washington Post, March 9, 2009
9. March 2009
IN FAIRFAX County’s debate about start times for high school students, it is clear that most people think the current bell rings way too early and more sleep would benefit teenagers. But it’s also clear that most people hate the schedule developed by transportation officials that would make for later high school starts. School officials [...]
Continue reading...Michael Alison Chandler, “Few People Are Sleeping Through Fairfax’s School Schedule Debate,” Washington Post, March 2, 2009
2. March 2009
 A 9 o’clock bedtime would be helpful for Lindsey Bush, 16, a sophomore at Fairfax High who rises in the dark at 5 a.m. to get to her religion class by 7:20 a.m. But with three hours of Advanced Placement history homework, she goes to bed a lot later. The result: She’s tired all the [...]
Continue reading...“Well-Connected Parents Take On School Boards,” Washington Post, February 8, 2009
8. February 2009
As a full-time parent activist in Montgomery County, I was deeply offended by the statement in the Jan. 30 front-page article “Well-Connected Parents Take On School Boards” that parent activists “tend to be limited to helping their own children.” …. [Link to Letters-To-The-Editor]
Continue reading...Michael Alison Chandler, “Pay Raises Victims Of School Budgets: Lean Plans Approved In Fairfax, Alexandria,” Washington Post, February 6, 2009
6. February 2009
Many students will join bigger classes next fall. More than 1,000 teaching and support positions will vanish. Teacher pay will stagnate. Some schools will close. These are some of the likely consequences for Washington area school systems squeezed by what promises to be the worst economic recession in a generation…. [Link to Article]
Continue reading...Daniel de Vise, “Md. Leads U.S. in Passing Rates on AP Exams,” Washington Post, February 5, 2009
5. February 2009
For the first time, Maryland ranks top in the nation for the share of high school graduates who passed at least one Advanced Placement test. The College Board reported yesterday that 23.4 percent of Maryland students in the Class of 2008 earned passing scores on one or more AP exams, which cover material comparable to [...]
Continue reading...Michael Alison Chandler, “Well-Connected Parents Take On School Boards: Web-Savvy Activists Push For Educational Change,” Washington Post, January 30, 2009
30. January 2009
[This story ran on the front page of the Washington Post.] Â For a new generation of well-wired activists in the Washington region, it’s not enough to speak at Parent-Teacher Association or late-night school board meetings. They are going head-to-head with superintendents through e-mail blitzes, social networking Web sites, online petitions, partnerships with business and student [...]
Continue reading...Christine Keen, “Excluding Home-Schoolers Benefits Nobody,” Washington Post, January 22, 2009
22. January 2009
Eight years ago, our kids’ elementary schools could not or would not meet their academic needs, so we began our journey into home schooling. Unfortunately, Maryland, where we live, has long been unfriendly to nontraditional forms of education, whether it’s home schooling, charter schools or choice within the public schools…. [Link to Commentary]
Continue reading...“School Budgets Under the Knife,” Washington Post, January 19, 2009
19. January 2009
In the Washington area, with some of the best public schools in the country, finding money has rarely seemed a problem for superintendents eager to improve education. Until now. As one school system after another prepares spending plans for the next academic year, officials are facing tough choices as the recession chokes off tax revenue…. [...]
Continue reading...Daniel de Vise, “Math Error To Cost Maryland $31 Million: Mistake Overpaid 17 School Systems,” Washington Post, January 12, 2009
12. January 2009
As fiscal flubs go, this was a doozy. An error of simple addition in late 2007 threw off a government estimate of Montgomery County property wealth by $16 billion — an amount equivalent to the gross domestic product of Jordan — and spread, viruslike, through the budgets of at least 18 counties before it was [...]
Continue reading...Nelson Hernandez, “Economy Threatens Education Funding,” Washington Post, January 8, 2009
8. January 2009
It was a good ride while it lasted. But for the Prince George’s County school system and the Maryland General Assembly, the days of easy money for public education are over. When state lawmakers begin their annual legislative session Wednesday, they will face a $1.9 billion shortfall in a projected $14 billion budget, the result [...]
Continue reading...Daniel de Vise and Michael Birnbaum, “Schools’ Reaction To Tight Times Seen in Fee Rules: Montgomery Eyes Cuts; Loudoun, Hikes,” Washington Post, January 8, 2009
8. January 2009
Course fees charged for workbooks, art supplies and other items would be cut by more than half in Montgomery County schools under a proposal Superintendent Jerry D. Weast announced yesterday to ease the burden on parents. Across the Potomac River in Loudoun County, Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick III proposes to raise fees for students to [...]
Continue reading...Michael Alison Chandler, “Fairfax Plan Would Delay High School Start at No Cost,” Washington Post, January 6, 2009
6. January 2009
Fairfax County school transportation planners have developed a no-cost proposal to deliver students to high school later in the morning, boosting the case for a change in schedule sought by parents who argue that the 7:20 a.m. opening bell deprives teenagers of sleep they need to be healthy and successful. The latest proposal, released Friday, [...]
Continue reading...Nelson Hernandez, “Md. Lawmakers Question County’s School Headquarters Plan,” Washington Post, December 9, 2008
9. December 2008
State lawmakers from Prince George’s County grilled the Board of Education last night over its decision to spend $36 million on a new headquarters, saying that county residents don’t support the move…. [Link to Article]
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