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Photo by Michael DeAngelis. With the new school year underway and the Democratic primaries but one week away, we spoke with D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee about soul food, sexism, what the mayoral election means for her job, and what's next on the agenda for DCPS. In the... continue reading on DCist

The Office of the State Superintendent of Education has made the District's 2010 DC-CAS individual school scores available online, through a searchable database. Check it out to see how your neighborhood's public and public charter schools fared in math, reading, and science this year. The DC-CAS is the test that... continue reading on DCist

Washington Teachers' Union President George Parker says that the WTU will appeal today's DCPS firings. WTU also released a survey of teacher reactions to the new evaluation system this morning. Photo by Meaghan Gay. Earlier this morning, the Washington Teachers Union sent its members the results of a survey... continue reading on DCist

Yesterday we heard that DCPS was preparing to fire a "sizable" number of teachers for ineffectiveness, and this morning, the Post reports that "sizable" means 241 226. That's how many educators were let go earlier today, after receiving poor ratings under the new IMPACT teacher evaluation system. The system... continue reading on DCist

Photo by rjs1322 Earlier this week, Newsweek released its 2010 "America's Best High Schools" list, designed in part by the Washington Post's Jay Mathews. This year, two D.C. public high schools made the top 100 -- Bell Multicultural High School (#37) and Woodrow Wilson High School (#100) -- along... continue reading on DCist