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...education problems. In D.C.’s federally-allocated budget, however, House Republicans successfully amended the text of D.C.’s federally-allocated budget on Sept. 9 to include a pilot vouchers program. And these Republicans, certainly alien figures to the District??s local politics, seem to be getting a lot of unexpected support...
Further, D.C. residents elect a mayor and a city council charged with improving the district??s education system. This past year, Anthony Williams, the Democratic mayor of D.C., announced that he had changed his mind on vouchers and would support a Republican initiative in Congress to give $7,500 certificates to any family making under 185 percent of the poverty line. Explaining himself to his party establishment, he said, “We’ve got a model we’ve been using for 140 years. I think it’s time to try something...
...district??plagued by persistent gaps in achievement in minority and low-income students—also boasted a higher passing rate of black and Hispanic students as compared with the state...
...need to do more publicizing of the positive in our system,” said Executive Director of Student Achievement and Accountability Maryann MacDonald, who announced the district??s results. “We are doing as well as and in some cases exceeding our counterparts in the state...
Fowler-Finn placed a heavy emphasis on statistical data throughout the meeting, at one point launching into a detailed analysis of the district??s SAT scores as compared to those of the state and nation, saying that the city’s scores were not as low as they appeared...