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Expulsion Rates in DC
(Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) The Washington Post has an important story up about expulsion rates in DC district and charter schools. I can’t figure out how to embed anything but Youtube videos so...
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DC District Schools are Improving Fast but not Fast Enough to Catch DC Charters
(Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) When the National Center for Education Statistics first released the 2013 NAEP data, the website refused to cooperate with requests to give charter/district comparisons...
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Policymakers are Doing their Part to Kill Private Education in DC
(Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) I’ve been taking a close look at DC education, and I must say I’ve learned a lot- both good and bad. One of the bad things would be these charts from the Urban Institute...
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Gentrification is the primary driver of District of Columbia Academic Gains
The Capital is playing games with some limited success but low-income kids still hunger for academic gains. (Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) New study out today from the Heritage Foundation authored by...
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DC: Achievement Gap Capital of the United States
(Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) So when you have this go on for years (huge gains for the well to do, not so much for low-income kids): You wind up with this: It is only with some reluctance that I...
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DCPS Black Students need six years to reach where DCPS White students stood...
“DC achievement gaps now, DC achievement gaps tomorrow, DC achievement gaps FOREVER!” (Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) Last week I told you that White DC 4th grade students were outscoring the average...
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DC Schooling: Start Over
(Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) Lindsey Burke and I hit the pages of the Washington Times today to argue that school finance in the District puts the least amount of resources into the mechanisms that...
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Kaya Henderson Steps Down in DC
(Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) Kaya Henderson has announced her resignation after a five year run at the helm of DCPS. I have never met Henderson but she has a very good reputation and served in a...
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