{"id":46978,"date":"2024-02-13T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foresthillsconnection.com\/?p=46978"},"modified":"2024-02-12T21:52:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T02:52:51","slug":"school-updates-report-cards-for-dc-schools-whats-in-the-news-at-jrhs-save-the-date-for-grade-school-auctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foresthillsconnection.com\/news\/school-updates-report-cards-for-dc-schools-whats-in-the-news-at-jrhs-save-the-date-for-grade-school-auctions\/","title":{"rendered":"School updates: Report cards for DC schools; What’s in the news at JRHS; Save the date for grade school auctions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Murch School, 1943. Photo from the National Archives online, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882-1962<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

The DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), the agency that oversees DC public and charter schools, is revamping its system for assigning grades to public schools. <\/p>\n

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, OSSE compiled and publicly posted STAR ratings for each school. Parents and guardians could and did consider these grades while deciding where the children under their care should go to school. But critics saw bias against schools in poorer neighborhoods, and OSSE has developed a new system that is heading to the State Board of Education for a vote on February 21st. <\/p>\n

Ruth Wattenberg, the SBOE’s former Ward 3 representative, has written about the STAR rating system’s flaws for the Washington City Paper, and about the proposed changes to the school report cards<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“The current proposal is still odd, misleading, and very biased,” she told Forest Hills Connection. And in her article, she argues there are more accurate and fairer ways to grade our schools. <\/p>\n

The Beacon roundup<\/h4>\n

For school news from the students’ perspective, we often turn to the Jackson-Reed Beacon. Recent reporting includes: <\/p>\n