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No news about a Washington area school can be great news
September 7, 2010 Cedric Sheridan, a Prince George's County parent, worries about the high school where his son is a senior and his daughter a junior. He told me, "I fear that it started on a downward slide a few years ago."
Essence of D.C. parenthood: Overschedule for college success
September 7, 2010Two economists who work 2,274 miles away have identified the essence of parenthood in the Washington area since 1995. It turns out we have been spending more time with our older children -- chauffeuring, applauding, coordinating, correcting, planning, obsessing -- because we have a deep need to b...
Jaime Escalante didn't just stand and deliver. He changed U.S. schools forever.
September 7, 2010From 1982 to 1987 I stalked Jaime Escalante, his students and his colleagues at Garfield High School, a block from the hamburger-burrito stands, body shops and bars of Atlantic Boulevard in East Los Angeles. I was the Los Angeles bureau chief for The Washington Post, allegedly covering the big...
An exceptional teacher forges bonds that can last a lifetime
September 7, 2010I usually skip Frazier O'Leary's annual Advanced Placement reunion. It's always a Friday evening in December at the old Sumner School in downtown Washington on M Street, where parking is tough. But O'Leary, a veteran English teacher at Cardozo High School in the District, is a persuasive man. I h...
Jaime Escalante dies, inspired 1988 film 'Stand and Deliver'
September 7, 2010 Jaime A. Escalante, the most famous and influential American public-school teacher of his generation, died March 30 of cancer at his son's home near Sacramento. He was 79.
Jaime Escalante and the price of fame: Celebrity leads to a drop in test scores
September 7, 2010This report was published Aug. 2, 1988, in The Washington Post.
Jaime Escalante turns students into calculus whizzes
September 7, 2010This report was published Dec. 12, 1982, in The Washington Post.
Troubled high schools in District prepare for citywide test
September 7, 2010Five months after my first visit to Dunbar High School in the District, its new administrators appear to have made progress, but they say they have a long way to go. The security guards are more active in urging straggling students to get to class. Those who are frequently late must listen for an...
Data on college success could change high schools
September 7, 2010 Montgomery County School Superintendent Jerry D. Weast loves numbers like most human beings love steak, and he shares what he loves. He dumps on me stacks of graphs and flow charts. They follow a familiar theme, the rise of student achievement in his district. But sometimes he surprises me.
Mathews: Teacher's cheating solution fails with principal
September 7, 2010Last week's column, full of practical suggestions on how to limit cheating, did not seem controversial to me. Many teachers sent their own ideas. Many recommended small adjustments, such as having the questions in different order for different students, to hinder copying.
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