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  • Fenty Names Pick to Manage D.C. Upgrades
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  • Allen Lew, a veteran of large public construction projects, will take charge of the D.C. school system's $2.3 billion modernization program. Allen Y. Lew, who managed construction of the Washington Convention Center and is overseeing completion of the Nationals baseball stadium, has agreed to become the director of a new city department created to carry out the D.C. public school system's $2.3 bil... more...
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  • Fenty Preparing to Oust Superintendent Janey
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  • During her first year in the classroom, teaching second- and third-graders, Rhee said the students ran over me. Michelle RheeMayor to fire D.C. School Superintendent Clifford B. Janey and replace him with founder of New York-based teacher-training organization, Michelle Rhee. Rhee, 37, operates the New Teacher Project, a nonprofit group created in 1997 that recruits and trains teachers to serve in... more...
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  • No vote on Fenty schools takeover
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  • By Gary Emerling A D.C. Superior Court judge yesterday ruled against a grandmother hoping to bring Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's school takeover before voters -- a decision that likely ends any challenge to the mayor's proposal and allows him to assume official control of the public school system next week. more...
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  • Fenty Submits Plan for Special-Ed Overhaul
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  • The courts have found a lack of proper services as a common pattern and practice by Washington D.C. public schools. Jimmy KilpatrickMayor beefs up proposal to take over D.C. public schools by vowing to expand the placement of disabled children in regular classes. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty yesterday beefed up his proposal to take over D.C. public schools by promising to overhaul special education. If... more...
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