The new academic year began this week here in the overly-large school district. And for the first time in almost twenty years, students will no longer be allowed to bring their own devices to use in the classroom.
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The Good and Bad of Saying No
Last week was the start of a new school year here in the overly-large school district, along with most of the others in Northern Virginia. The rest of the DC area began this week.
Putting a Price on Leadership
How much should a community pay the superintendent of a public school district?
Back in November, the board here in our overly-large school district voted unanimously to extend the contract of our super and raise her salary by $40,000+.
Tweaking a Bad System
Our overly-large school district is changing the standards for grading. Again.
Although the word “change” is being extremely generous for what’s actually happening.
Close To Home
A couple of articles in the national news about our overly-large school district.
Which are probably not going over well in the superintendent’s office since, when I worked for them, our guiding principle was to never do anything that would land in a Washington Post story. Much less on TV news.