Will Obama Help Rhee?

President Obama has set aside $54 billion to be invested in education. "His reform agenda, say some experts, resembles that of D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee. That may give Rhee a boost at the negotiating table." - nbcwashingtonnews.com

Here's the radio spot.

My Inclusive Classroom

I have started a new blog called "My Inclusive Classroom" that will focus on teaching strategies. I want this blog, Inclusion in the Classroom, to focus on the topic of inclusion in general and educating children in DCPS. The new blog can be found at this link: "My Inclusive Classroom."

Being Poor Can Keep You From Learning

This is an exciting story in the Washington Post. Research shows that children who grow up in poverty have serious problems remembering information.

Guess what. Remembering information is crucial to academic success. So, there is research proving that many of our DC children may be failing in school because of the poverty they live in.

Read the story here.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/05/AR2009040501719.html?nav=hcmodule