All Posts Tagged: 'Bart Peterson'


Sad, Sad, Sad.

November 8th, 2007 | Category: Educational Choice, Teacher Quality

I moved to DC in early 2001 from Indianapolis, where I had worked in the Statehouse for the previous six years as a Democratic staffer for the state Senate and then the governor. That meant, necessarily, working at various times in close concert with the state teachers union. The union reps were by and large [...]

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The Other 25% of D.C. Students: Fenty’s Plans for the District’s Charters

January 16th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Educational Choice

D.C. edu-watchers have been abuzz lately–with good reason–over Mayor Adrian Fenty’s plans to take over operation of the city’s public school system. Less attention has been devoted to Fenty’s plans for charters, which serve 25% of D.C.’s public school students. But Theola Labbé takes up the issue in today’s Post.
There are three key elements of [...]

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