Browse past news stories for School Without Walls in Washington, DC.

• We need to blow their minds (Charleston Daily Mail)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 06:03:35 am
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Andrew Jackson Junior High had a red carpet premiere. Before the school opened in the fall of 1971, the schools faculty got together to find a way to make the grand opening a special day for students."We need to blow their minds,&...
• Local Lessons From Other Elections: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper (Washington City Paper)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 04:19:07 pm
  Morning all. Yesterday was Election Day in a lot of places, but not the District. Still, a couple of ramifications for local politics here. First off, Maine failed to become the first state to have its populace endorse gay marriage by referendum, with 53 percent voting to overturn the state legislature’s May legalization vote.
• Teachers, backers rip layoffs by D.C. schools (The Washington Times)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 08:53:04 am
  Hundreds of teachers and their supporters rallied Thursday to protest the layoffs of nearly 400 D.C. public school employees, about 6 percent of the work force. Gathering outside D.C. government offices, teachers chanted and held signs expressing their frustration with Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and his hand-picked schools chancellor, Michelle A. Rhee. "Terminate Rhee Not me!" and "If this is ...
• The serious side of bassooning (The Stockton Record)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 07:03:03 am
  At first, Bryan Young thought the bassoon sounded "like the funniest thing I'd ever heard."
• The President?s School Speech - Student Reactions (The White House)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 09:51:25 pm
  Watch the reactions of eight high school seniors to the President's speech. Includes video.
• Metro ramps up police presence (The GW Hatchet)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 11:09:55 am
  Now that summer vacation is over, Metro riders can expect to see more students, as well as police officers, during their weekday commute.
• 24 city schools not meeting state standards (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
  posted on August 29, 2009 at 04:32:54 am
  For the second consecutive school year, the Rochester School District and 24 of its schools aren't meeting No Child Left Behind standards. Greece's Athena High School improved for the second straight year.
• ‘Privilege With the Job’: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper (Washington City Paper)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 01:18:51 pm
  Morning all. Here’s the money quote, in Examiner , from Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells : ‘In the past there has been a lot of drama about schools being ready…This year is notable for the lack of drama.’
• First Day of School Has Students Abuzz Across the District and Maryland (Washington Post)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  The spotty air conditioning sometimes drove spring and summer temperatures to 100 degrees in Ferebee-Hope Elementary School's gym.
• Rhee Spells Out Guidelines (Washington Post)
  posted on August 23, 2009 at 04:48:20 am
  D.C. schools chancellor's teaching "framework" includes revamped plan for student suspension.
• Rhee Spells Out Teaching Expectations With 200-Page 'Learning Framework' (Washington Post)
  posted on August 23, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  So what exactly is D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee's idea of good teaching?
• Schooled in Both Washingtons (Washington Post)
  posted on August 9, 2009 at 02:25:05 pm
  White House intern program offers top local high school students unique access to the halls of power.
• D.C. Scholars Program Gives Students Unique Access to the Halls of Power (Washington Post)
  posted on August 9, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  In one of the countless wood-paneled offices in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which exudes both the formality and the tedium of the federal government, nine recent high school graduates sit around a polished oak table, as big as a skating rink, waiting for Valerie Jarrett.
• M.C. Dean, Inc. Completes Renovations to Historic D.C. School Without Walls (dBusinessNews.com)
  posted on August 2, 2009 at 08:21:01 pm
  WASHINGTON -- M.C. Dean, Inc., one of the nation's leading electrical design-build firms, celebrated the completion of extensive renovations to D.C.'s historic School Without Walls High School.
• Happy Gap-Closing Day: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper (Washington City Paper)
  posted on July 31, 2009 at 11:29:14 am
  Morning all. Today, the D.C. Council will meet to do battle with the Budget Shortfall of the Beast—$666 million through October 2010. LL, sadly, won’t be there to cover. By the time, you read this, he’ll be on his bicycle headed to the beach for some vacay.
• DC high school reopens after long renovation (WTOP Radio Washington, DC)
  posted on July 30, 2009 at 06:32:44 pm
  Long-awaited renovations at a D.C. high school have been completed.
• Pershing Park Evidence is Lost: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper (Washington City Paper)
  posted on July 30, 2009 at 03:39:27 pm
  IN LL WEEKLY— Losing Control : The D.C. Council tries to exorcise the city’s fiscal demons. Morning all. Not sure where to even begin with this one: In a hearing yesterday, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan lambasted city lawyers for mishandling evidence in a civil lawsuit over the 2002 Pershing Park arrests.
• 13 D.C. Public Schools to Offer Specialized Courses (Washington Post)
  posted on July 29, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, seeking to stanch declining enrollment and the exodus of students to the District's fast-growing charter schools, announced Tuesday that 13 public schools will launch plans for specialized programs in science and technology, arts and languages.
• Area high schools among best in U.S. (WTOP Radio Washington, DC)
  posted on June 10, 2009 at 04:17:44 am
  Maryland, Virginia and D.C. had 160 schools on Newsweek's list of the top 1,300 high schools in the nation.
• Friend of Fenty Behind the Wheel (Washington Post)
  posted on May 26, 2009 at 04:25:27 am
  Mayor has friend chauffeur him in D.C.-owned SUV, despite law letting only employees drive.
• Fenty Puts Friend Behind City-Owned Wheel, Breaks Rule (Washington Post)
  posted on May 26, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has allowed a friend to chauffeur him in a city-owned Lincoln Navigator, in apparent violation of laws that permit only city employees and officials to drive government vehicles.
• Teachers win excellence awards (MPNnow.com)
  posted on May 14, 2009 at 11:05:00 am
  HONORED: Two Webster teachers are honored for their service and dedication to students.  
• Duke, UNC Announce New Robertson Scholars (Duke University)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 01:41:53 pm
  Thirty high school seniors this year have accepted invitations to join the Robertson Scholars Program, which awards leadership merit scholarships to both schools.
• Duke, UNC Announce New Robertson Scholars (MyNC.com)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 01:22:33 pm
  Thirty high school seniors accepted invitations to join the Robertson Scholars Program.
• UNC, Duke Announce New Robertson Scholars (MyNC.com)
  posted on May 12, 2009 at 07:07:34 pm
  Thirty high school seniors have accepted invitations to join the Robertson Scholars Program next fall, Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp have announced.
• Tristate Regional News, Wednesday 4/29 (FOX 7 WTVW Evansville)
  posted on April 29, 2009 at 01:40:18 pm
  Indiana-Summary The Latest Here are the latest stories making news at this hour: The General Assembly may be heading into overtime. An ROTC teacher at Manuel High School allegedly punched at least one student several times yesterday.
• Jay Mathews: Senior Projects Encourage Insight Through Sustained Effort (Washington Post)
  posted on April 27, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  When Wakefield High School first required senior projects 12 years ago, students suspected it was a plot to drain the last precious drops of joy from their teenage years. "We were pretty disgruntled," Shelby Sours , who was student government president, said at the time. "We felt abused and...
• Webster, Spencerport, Rochester students finish research (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
  posted on April 7, 2009 at 08:10:05 pm
  Seniors in Webster, Rochester, Spencerport and other districts are wrapping up projects in time for graduation.
• GW gives full rides to 9 D.C. students (The GW Hatchet)
  posted on April 6, 2009 at 01:06:37 pm
  University President Steven Knapp surprised nine D.C. public school seniors with full-ride Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Scholarships Friday morning.
• Building a Link Between Faiths (Washington Post)
  posted on April 2, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  Yaser Jaleel didn't know whom the group behind him was during his evening prayers last week, young men sitting quietly along a back wall of the mosque as Jaleel and other worshipers bent and bowed eastward. When he discovered it was a group of Jewish students from a nearby synagogue, his face bro...