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| 12.19.2007 |
Easing The Path To Volunteering At Our Schools |
| 10.26.2007 |
Actually Fixing The Schools |
| 10.25.2007 |
Intensive Summer Programs for DC's Best and Brightest High School Students |
| 1.03.2007 |
Create a Program other than "A Way to Work" located on H St NE. that employs young men and women who have not been able to find work. |
| 12.29.2006 |
Vocational Training at the District's Oak Hill Detention Facility |
| 12.22.2006 |
To reopen one of the Vocational Schools and allow students who have dropped out to attend. All students are not college material nor do they all want to attend. |
| 5.09.2006 |
Co-ed public education and violence in the schools. |
| 5.09.2006 |
Shakespeare In The Park |
| 5.05.2006 |
Get rid of UDC or the special provision that City will pay for college tuition for DC residents who elect to go to college elsewhere. |
| 5.05.2006 |
Combating Illiteracy |
| 5.05.2006 |
DC RAPS & Read Along Promoting Students |
| 5.05.2006 |
Saying Good-bye to Teddy Bear Lamp Posts and Candlelight Vigils |
| 5.05.2006 |
How to Improve Student Achievement in the DC Public Schools: The Problem, the Solution and the Benefits |
| 5.05.2006 |
Quieter School Buildings: Sound-Absorbing Walls |
| 5.05.2006 |
UDC-East....A New Educational Paradigm |
| 5.05.2006 |
Help new residents plug in to District issues by offering Welcome to the District courses at local universities |
| 5.05.2006 |
Teacher Review of Student Academic Records Helps Prevent Alterations and Misuse for Graduation. Council: Give Teachers Statutory Access and Make Tampering with Student Records Illegal. |
| 5.05.2006 |
Year-round Schools |
| 5.05.2006 |
Evelyn Wood Day and Related Acivities/Events |
| 5.05.2006 |
A New UDC at an old RFK |
| 5.05.2006 |
Mandatory Mentoring--Several weeks ago, on a warm Sunday afternoon, one of my former 5th grade students was gunned down in front of his home. |
| 5.05.2006 |
Turn DC Schools Into Two Competing Public Corporations |
| 5.05.2006 |
Request corporate sponsors to cover schools' basic needs and encourage healthy diets for kids. |
| 5.05.2006 |
DC Public Schools |
| 5.05.2006 |
UDC-East....A New College Experience |
| 5.05.2006 |
Institute a Program of 'Impact Grants' for Home Purchase Down Payment Assistance to All New Graduates of Universities Based in the District |
| 5.05.2006 |
Would not a Community College Aid the District of Columbia's Educational Landscape??? |
| 5.05.2006 |
Promoting anti-litter behavior through experiential learning in school |
| 5.05.2006 |
Build a community of learning centered around the schools through family learning contracts. |
| 5.05.2006 |
School drop-outs / lack of goals for students |
| 5.05.2006 |
Solving the Problems of high cost housing and excess schools with a single program |
| 5.05.2006 |
Schools of Excellence |
| 5.05.2006 |
DC Officials Mentor Youth for DC's Future |
| 5.05.2006 |
Create a Combined District Education Fund Campaign |
| 5.05.2006 |
Eradicating Black-on-black crime |
| 5.05.2006 |
Guarantee Access to a College Education for All DC Residents Who Graduate from High School |
| 5.05.2006 |
Ask the dropouts. |
| 5.05.2006 |
Education in the City |
| 5.05.2006 |
Places to Go...People to Meet...Ideas to Share: Where Character Development, Directed Teen Civic and Social Involvement and Civic Journalism Meet |
| 5.05.2006 |
Sex, drugs, and STDs education |
| 5.05.2006 |
A New Staffing Model for District of Columbia Elementary Schools |
| 5.05.2006 |
"Schoolchooser": An electronic public school catalogue to disseminate consumer information and help parents choose schools |
| 5.05.2006 |
Eliminating truancy |
| 5.05.2006 |
Stop Giving the Youth Felony Time for Misdemeanor Offenses |
| 5.05.2006 |
DCPS Announces the Creation of the Office of the Special Education Students' Advocate |
| 5.05.2006 |
Building bricks to better education |
| 5.05.2006 |
Require uniforms for DC public school students |
| 5.05.2006 |
Reducing welfare caseloads, illiteracy, crime, drug addiction, and births to unwed mothers -- with one program |
| 5.05.2006 |
Improving the District Public School System |
| 5.05.2006 |
ADOPT-A-SCHOOL PROGRAM |
| 5.05.2006 |
FRESH START FOR THE HOMELESS |
| 5.05.2006 |
THE (ALLSTATE) SMALL BUSINESS PIONEER PROGRAM |
| 5.05.2006 |
A School to Educate the "Whole Child" |
| 5.05.2006 |
"For English, Press One" |
| 5.05.2006 |
To provide opportunity for our children, the next generation of DC citizens, we plan to build a Playground Garden at Peabody School. |
| 5.05.2006 |
DCPS Business Practices Need Dedicated IG and Audit Attention |
| 5.05.2006 |
Patrolling NightClub Areas & DC Public Schools; Tourism
Sprucing up the neighborhoods and Community Centers; and Fixing up the DC Public Schools |
| 5.05.2006 |
Overcome continuing special education process failures with a large, one-time infusion of cash |
| 5.05.2006 |
Integrate ex-offenders into DC's social and economic networks by pairing them with cross-class teams of mentors |
| 5.05.2006 |
ALWAYS THINK BEFORE YOU MOVE: A LIFE AFFIRMING PROGRAM FOR YOUTH
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| 5.05.2006 |
Expansion of UDC to Two Additional Campuses |
| 5.04.2006 |
Make D.C. a Recycling Classroom |
| 5.04.2006 |
Raise Taxes, Give the money to Education |
| 5.04.2006 |
Using videotapes and DVDs to help working parents support their child and his or her education |
| 5.04.2006 |
Renovate every DC High School Field |
| 5.04.2006 |
Build Stronger Communities By Strengthening Youth Programs |
| 5.04.2006 |
DC's crime rate would decline and educational system would benefit from using Boys and Girls Clubs to help youth who are suspended from schools. |
| 5.04.2006 |
A Truly DC Mentorship Program |
| 5.04.2006 |
Turn closed schools into community centers |
| 5.04.2006 |
DC Public Charter School Board, not the VA-MD-DC Public Charter School Board |
| 5.04.2006 |
DC Public Library Events Program |
| 5.04.2006 |
Give teachers more frequent and timely performance feedback by engaging a classroom videotape review service. |
| 5.03.2006 |
Public Library Improvement Program |
| 5.03.2006 |
Human Capital Re-investment |
| 5.03.2006 |
Annual Throw Back Day |
| 5.03.2006 |
Enhancing Civic Engagement in Children and Youth: Save Our Park! -- a book for children aged 5 to 8 years. |
| 5.03.2006 |
Learning to Help One Another in This Harsh World |
| 5.03.2006 |
Youth Violence |
| 5.03.2006 |
And A Child Shall Lead Them |
| 5.03.2006 |
DC Employer Commuter Tax to supplement DC Public Schools |
| 5.03.2006 |
Keep our Capital City Clean |
| 5.03.2006 |
Make learning easier |
| 5.02.2006 |
Recreation + Learning Centers |
| 5.02.2006 |
DC Public Library Events Program |
| 5.02.2006 |
Vocational Schools |
| 5.02.2006 |
Create the "Knowledge Machine" |
| 5.01.2006 |
Mentoring programs in every elementary school will provide children individual attention and help them master basic skills for future achievement |
| 5.01.2006 |
A proposal to Enhance the Learning Experience of Students in Poor Performance Secondary Schools in the District of Columbia
by
Marshall J. Spurlock
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| 4.30.2006 |
Adopt a School |
| 4.30.2006 |
Start a Minimal Cost Knowledge-Share Program: To Enhance Learning, Training and Skills at a Low Cost while Benefiting the DC Public Schools. |
| 4.30.2006 |
Books to Share |
| 4.29.2006 |
STOP SENDING SMALL FORTUNES TO VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND TO PROVIDE LEVEL III, IV, AND V EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES |
| 4.28.2006 |
Turn every school into a charter school, including the parochial schools. |
| 4.27.2006 |
Share public school space with public charter schools. |
| 4.27.2006 |
DC schools have an "out of sight, out of mind" problem. Your everyday DC resident has no idea how bad the conditions are. |
| 4.26.2006 |
Immigrants Should Speak English in Public |
| 4.26.2006 |
Require Recycling in DC (and area) Schools |
| 4.26.2006 |
Inadequate Parenting Skills |
| 4.26.2006 |
Youth magazine generated by highschool groups discussing problems of violence, teen pregnancy and drugs, providing a forum for understanding and solutions. |
| 4.25.2006 |
Our Kids Need Nature/We've Got It! - Survivor: Anacostia |
| 4.25.2006 |
Fixing the city through the minds of the feared. |
| 4.25.2006 |
"Green" DC Public Schools Would Improve Children's Health |
| 4.25.2006 |
Promoting positive teens and keeping them off the street. |
| 4.24.2006 |
E-books for DCPS |
| 4.24.2006 |
Teaching Topic for Middle and High School Students |
| 4.24.2006 |
Require Mandatory 5-year Breaks for all DCPS Classroom Teachers and School-Based Administrators. |
| 4.24.2006 |
Can create new companies and good paying jobs based on the research conducted at its universities |
| 4.24.2006 |
School-based health clinics for children, families, and adults. |
| 4.24.2006 |
Report cards for school principals, which can be reviewed by parents who want to evaluate the school. |
| 4.23.2006 |
Teach Speed Printing in DC's Schools Not Cursive. Save Class Time, Prevent Handwriting Errors. |
| 4.23.2006 |
Change for Children |
| 4.23.2006 |
Sponsor a National DC Self Government Essay Contest for High School Students |
| 4.21.2006 |
A Laptop for Every Public and Charter School Teacher |
| 4.21.2006 |
Eliminate Litter - "Pick up 3 on the 3rd" |
| 4.21.2006 |
What to do with the MLK Library |
| 4.21.2006 |
Get Kids Reading and Math Facts Right |
| 4.21.2006 |
Parenting "A Village Raises a Child" |
| 4.21.2006 |
Capitol Scholars |
| 4.21.2006 |
Education Can Be the Silver Bullett |
| 4.20.2006 |
How to encourage primary and secondary public school teachers to live and work in specific high cost of housing DC suburbs. |
| 4.20.2006 |
Teach the Importance of RESPECT! |
| 4.20.2006 |
Creating Success Through a Involved Democracy. |
| 4.20.2006 |
Improving Reading Skills and Sense of Community through Literacy Education |
| 4.20.2006 |
Foster and Maintain School Choice for Parents of DC Schoolchildren |
| 4.20.2006 |
VolunteerChek: Help Businesses Facilitate Employee Volunteerism to Improve Education in Washington |
| 4.20.2006 |
Trim DCPS Fat |
| 4.20.2006 |
Give the Schools to the Teachers as the best way to privatize education. |
| 4.20.2006 |
Bringing DCPS up to the year 2006. Taking it by Force for the Children! |
| 4.20.2006 |
Children ride long distances to get to school. Give good administrators power to improve neighborhood public schools. Poverty, crime and gridlock will decrease. |
| 4.20.2006 |
Inspiring Student Commitment through City Commitment: Addressing failing student interest and achievement. |
| 4.20.2006 |
Schools in Crisis |
| 4.20.2006 |
Violent Crime: Curb it with effective policy and departmental cooperation |
| 4.20.2006 |
Solving DC's Problems: A Five-Pronged Approach |
| 4.20.2006 |
Increasing Teacher/Parent Responsibility for Failure/Success of Grade School Students in DC Public Schools |
| 4.20.2006 |
Expanded before and after school services in the public schools |
| 4.20.2006 |
Make a difference in the drop out rate in school!!! |
| 4.19.2006 |
STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY CAPACITITES FOR COMBATING HIV AND AIDS IN THE DISTRICT |
| 4.19.2006 |
Help the public schools fix themselves by allowing them to keep more of their own money |
| 4.19.2006 |
It's Time to Break the Taboo and Pay High School Students |
| 4.19.2006 |
Establish a DC Government "Youth Cabinet" to Promote Youth Issues and Foster Civic Engagement |
| 4.19.2006 |
Ask Every School Administrator & Worker What They Did Today |
| 4.19.2006 |
DEVELOPER SET ASIDE 1% OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS TO BE USED FOR SPECIFIC EDUCATION ENRICHMENT FOR CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. |
| 4.19.2006 |
Make DC Teacher Salaries Competitive With Higher Paid Professions
(Like Doctors & Laywers) |
| 4.19.2006 |
Working Together For The Common Good of All Men |
| 4.19.2006 |
Repairing DC schools |
| 4.18.2006 |
Fixing DC Public Schools and Libraries |
| 4.18.2006 |
Mandate Parental Involvement, Make a Difference in DC Public Schools |
| 4.18.2006 |
Getting kids off the streets and selling drugs. |
| 4.18.2006 |
College growth fund for low income residents |
| 4.18.2006 |
Personal Development For Today's Youth. Enstill power, respect and confidence. |
| 4.18.2006 |
The University of the District of Columbia is not living up to its potential and needs a physical and psychic uplift and expansion |
| 4.18.2006 |
Involve youth in helping others; employing them in this way will also give them a positive way to spend their time. |
| 4.18.2006 |
Dealing with the problems in Washington, D.C. the Nation Capital. |
| 4.18.2006 |
The aging of the National Capital Area -- when is a problem not a problem? |
| 4.18.2006 |
School Closings and Remodeling |
| 4.18.2006 |
A Simpler Solution - "Improvement Day" |
| 4.18.2006 |
Uplifting D.C. Residents |
| 4.18.2006 |
Putting the School Bus back into School. |
| 4.17.2006 |
Every Child is special and deserves the right to maximize his or her potential. |
| 4.17.2006 |
Parent Education |
| 4.17.2006 |
Tax Incentive |
| 4.17.2006 |
Turning Around Education - The Silver Bullett Bold and High Stakes |
| 4.17.2006 |
How to build a better city. |
| 4.15.2006 |
Make DC Teachers retire after 20 years or transition them into role of GUIDE TEACHER |
| 4.15.2006 |
Pay students to attend School |
| 4.14.2006 |
Agelessness of Informational Access |
| 4.13.2006 |
Change DC public high Schools to allow students in high school to major in particular subject areas. |
| 4.13.2006 |
Turning The Lives Of Our Young People Around |
| 4.13.2006 |
A way to connect individual donors directly to teachers and their classrooms in DC Public Schools |
| 4.13.2006 |
Require Independent Schools to Participate in Mitigating Traffic |
| 4.12.2006 |
Reintroduce Half-Day Preschool and Kindergarten Programs |
| 4.12.2006 |
Plant a radish-gardening in DC schools is fun, educational and healthy |
| 4.12.2006 |
Prevent gang activity now before is too late |
| 4.12.2006 |
Why DC citizens need to take back their city from failed cutting-edge ideas |
| 4.12.2006 |
Higher Education Lottery |
| 4.10.2006 |
Bring high schoolers' community service home where it's needed! |
| 4.10.2006 |
Give young people an alternative to high school and college with an expansive technical/trade education system that meshes with an apprenticeship program upon graduation. |
| 4.10.2006 |
Parent Welcome Center to centralize public/charter school admissions |
| 4.08.2006 |
DC Public Schools should provide transportation from children's homes directly to school. |
| 4.08.2006 |
Parents/Teachers Night: Attendance Mandatory |
| 4.07.2006 |
DC Public School System |
| 4.07.2006 |
"Education is our Business" borrowed from title of oped Post article by Stephen Porter 4/2/06 |
| 4.07.2006 |
Single Sex Schools |
| 4.07.2006 |
Computers for Schools meets community service requirements |
| 4.07.2006 |
Clean Up DC |
| 4.07.2006 |
Incentives and funding for business owners to help men and women returning home from prison. |
| 4.06.2006 |
"Librariums" to Compete w/ Schools |
| 4.06.2006 |
Extend UDC to function as a Community College |
| 4.06.2006 |
Let the Catholics Run DC Public Schools |
| 4.06.2006 |
Eradicate Illiteracy- starting with a Children's Library |
| 4.05.2006 |
Create an Ownership Stake in the DC Public Library |
| 4.05.2006 |
Expand access to higher education by building a higher education center East-of-the-River and creating a need-based financial aid program. |
| 4.05.2006 |
Washington's biggest probem is children without proper families. |
| 4.04.2006 |
City-wide School Libraries Project |
| 4.04.2006 |
Rebuild the Schools: Architect Contest |
| 4.04.2006 |
Address the city's hunger, obesity, malnutrition and diabetes issues by teaching people how to cook and eat well. |
| 4.04.2006 |
Free Public Preschool |
| 4.04.2006 |
Competitive, High Quality Public Schools: Within Our Reach |
| 4.04.2006 |
FIX THE SCHOOLS: If the schools are as good as the suburban schools, or private schools, then people won't leave DC: public/private partnerships. |
| 4.04.2006 |
Reaching sexually active Students Early. |
| 4.04.2006 |
Allow after care housed in DC public school buildings to stay open until at least 6:30pm |
| 4.04.2006 |
Improve DC schools by splitting into mutliple school districts to create competition. |
| 4.04.2006 |
Beautify the City |
| 4.04.2006 |
Develop a Youth Empowerment Program |
| 4.03.2006 |
FIXING DC SCHOOLS |
| 4.03.2006 |
Music and Arts Mentoring Program |
| 4.03.2006 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Childrens' Summer Theater |
| 4.02.2006 |
How to meet school safety and security concerns, create jobs amd improve MPD candidate pool. |
| 4.02.2006 |
Buying Children a Future |
| 4.02.2006 |
We need to get the police back involved in the schools and the community. |
| 4.01.2006 |
Neighorhood Schools; Neighborhood Centers |
| 3.31.2006 |
Make a Real Difference: A Ten Point Plan to Reform Public Education in a Meaningful Way |
| 3.31.2006 |
Long Range Plans for Addressing the High Unemployment Rate among inner-city residents with little education and former inmates |
| 3.31.2006 |
Building the Bridge to College |
| 3.31.2006 |
Reduce school drop-outs by reducing absence and tardiness using enhanced IT systems |
| 3.31.2006 |
Increasing Civic Responsibility while Decreasing Youth Violence |
| 3.31.2006 |
Linking Teachers, Libraries and Schools With Information Technology |
| 3.31.2006 |
A Much Needed Change
Reshaping the Way People live in the District of Columbia |
| 3.30.2006 |
Streamline District Government by Reducing Bureaucracy and Clerical Overhead by 20% of Total Workforce - Apply Savings to Help Furloughed Workers Create New Productive Jobs |
| 3.30.2006 |
Bolster the Ranks of Public School Teachers with Local Graduate/Professional Students |
| 3.30.2006 |
DC Should Award a Tax Credit to Parents of Troubled Teenagers |
| 3.30.2006 |
Public Libraries - Crumbling Resources That Need Support! |
| 3.30.2006 |
Athletes to Help Fund Education |
| 3.30.2006 |
Developing Students' Basic Math Computation Skills |
| 3.30.2006 |
Pride of D.C. Street Cleanup Day |
| 3.29.2006 |
The District's schoolteachers, police officers, and firefighters must be able to live a middle-class life |
