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NEW DATE:
Representative Assembly Meeting
TUESDAY, MAY 7TH
4:30 p.m.
McKinley Technology High School
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TOMORROW:
D.C. Council At-Large
Special Election
Polls will be open from
7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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TESTIMONY:
Advocacy in Action
WTU President Nathan Saunders presented testimony on three occasions last week:
Wednesday, April 17
D.C. Council Committee on Education
Fiscal Year 2014 DCPS Budget
Wednesday, April 17
D.C. State Board of Education
Testing Integrity Act of 2013
Thursday, April 18
D.C. Council Committee on Education
Testing Integrity Act of 2013
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MOVIE NIGHT:
42: The True Story of an American Legend
Friday, April 26th
6:00 p.m. (TENTATIVE)
Gallery Place Regal
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WORKSHOPS:
WTU Teachers' Center
Wednesday Workshop Series
Wed., May 1st
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Understanding Domestic Violence from a Child's Perspective
Wed., May 8th
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
The Impact of Bullying
Wed., May 15th
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Understanding Young Males of Color:
Stereotypes and Misconceptions
Where:
The Teachers' Center at
Anacostia Senior High
Hosted by national radio host
Mandrell Birks and the Austin Group, LLC
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TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK:
Teacher Appreciation
Brunch Cruise
Odyssey
Saturday, May 11th
10:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Space is limited;
Reserve your seat today!
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COMMON CORE CONFERENCE:
Cutting to the Core
Join Teach Plus in learning to effectively implement Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
When:
Saturday, May 11
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where:
The Catholic University of America
Contact:
Candace Crawford,
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Good evening, this is Nathan Saunders, president of the Washington Teachers' Union.
Most who attended WTU's 45th Anniversary & Scholarship Gala called it a first class event. At the program, I launched a new scholarship specifically designed for the children or dependents of active WTU members. Visit our website to view the gala photographs.
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Lessons from the Atlanta and D.C. Cheating Scandals
By Nathan A. Saunders
On March 29th, thirty-five school administrators and teachers were indicted by a grand jury in Atlanta for participating in the most widespread public school cheating scandal in recent memory. Fulton County Prosecutors alleged that the defendants conspired to either cheat, conceal cheating or retaliate against whistleblowers in an effort to augment state competency test scores to reap a set of established financial incentives.
The news is tragic. We want our teachers to teach our children accountability. We expect our teachers to have integrity and a strong moral compass. And we rely on our teachers to prepare our young people for the world. They are role models, after all.
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WTU Testimony: UDC Accredited Undergraduate Degree Programs
On Tuesday, April 9th, the Washington Teachers' Union presented testimony
before the University of the District of Columbia Board of Trustees as they considered the future of the school's Special Education and Early Childhood Education programs.
One proposal would move these programs under the umbrella of the university's National Center for Urban Education, an unaccredited route program. Placing these programs in this unaccredited category would have create ineffective, unprepared teachers who are ill-equipped to serve the specific educational needs of special education and early childhood education students.
Read more...
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D.C. Test-Security Discussions Focus on Current and Future School Exam Policy
By Emma Brown
Chancellor Kaya Henderson and members of the D.C. Council's education committee agreed Thursday that no one knows for sure whether D.C. schools' 2008 test scores were inflated because of cheating.
It's a question that has never been fully investigated, they said at a hearing devoted to examining test security in the city's schools. It is also a question that appears unlikely to be resolved now.
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A Look at Last Week's Most Relevant News and Information
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TRAININGS & OPPORTUNITIES
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Apply to be a T3 Teacher Leader
Teach plus is recruiting effective, experienced teachers to be a part of the T3 Initiative for the 2013-2014 schools year.
T3 teachers work together as teams of high-performing educators in high-needs schools, serving in leadership roles that help facilitate and support the work of all teachers in the schools to increase student achievement,
Contact:
Candace Crawford
ccrawford@teachplus.org
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