District Strong with Dr. Michelle Walker-Davis, Derrick Mashore and Patricia Brantley
Half of DC students attend public charter schools and the District provides over $1 billion in funding for students at charters. What financial challenges do charters face? How do they navigate them and how are they different from the challenges of DCPS?
Paul Kihn
Pathways to Success: Enhancing Career Opportunities for DC Residents
How can we make sure that more DC residents are on pathways toward rewarding careers? Join us on Monday, April 24th from 12 pm to 1 pm for a discussion with Deputy Mayor for Education Paul Kihn. He will discuss this year's budget and the ways that the District is supporting young people with finding and keeping good jobs, learning while at work, and how the District will track what is working and what needs to change.
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Paul Kihn accepted an appointment by Mayor Bowser to serve as the Deputy Mayor for education on October 1, 2018. Mr. Kihn previously served for three years as the Deputy Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia. As the Superintendent’s second-in-command, he helped lead the system through a significant transformation, including improvements in teacher and principal hiring and development, a transition to common core standards, the promotion of evidence-based innovations in schools and classrooms, a wholesale revision of charter authorizing policies and procedures, and smarter allocation of diminishing resources. Prior to his work in Philadelphia, Paul supported district and charter turnaround efforts as a partner and a leader of the U.S. K12 Education Practice for the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company. Mr. Kihn is a former New York City public school English teacher and has also taught middle and high school English in Ireland and South Africa.
Christina Grant and Carey Wright
Please join us on Friday, January 13, 2023 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm for a District Strong conversation about how to teach reading well in the District and other major cities.
We welcome Dr. Christina Grant, the State Superintendent of Education in Washington, DC and Dr. Carey Wright, the former State Superintendent of Education in Mississippi to talk about the measures and reforms necessary to improve student achievements in reading.
