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@WTUTeacher | D.C. Public Schools and the Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) agreed on a tentative contract which includes a pay raise over four years.

DC Public Schools, Teachers’ Union Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

By Brooke DeLucia December 2, 2022

D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) reached a tentative agreement with the Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) that is expected to increase teacher wages over the next four years.  The Nov. 23 agreement comes...

Georgetown Masters Program Receives $2.6 Million Grant from U.S. Department of Education

Georgetown Masters Program Receives $2.6 Million Grant from U.S. Department of Education

By Annie Kane December 2, 2021

The U.S. Department of Education awarded a $2.6 million five-year National Professional Development (NPD) grant for a proposal aimed at providing increased resources for multilingual education. The...

VIEWPOINT: Appreciate Professors Amid Virtual Learning

VIEWPOINT: Appreciate Professors Amid Virtual Learning

By Lily Brown February 4, 2021

The loud quacking of my phone’s alarm rouses me at 7:45 a.m., then 8:05 a.m., then 8:10 a.m. and then 8:15 a.m. before I finally force myself to get up and change my pajama top for a sweater around...

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D.C. Council to Vote on Raises for Public School Teachers

By Matthew Larson September 25, 2017

The Washington, D.C. Council is expected to vote on a proposed contract to raise D.C. Public Schools teachers’ salaries Oct. 3, following five years without a contract between teachers and the city’s...

SHETTY & TRIVEDI: The Lasting Value of Peers in Education

SHETTY & TRIVEDI: The Lasting Value of Peers in Education

By Rohan Shetty and Naman Trivedi December 8, 2015

Professor Steenhuisen was just the sort of sweet, grizzled presence that I needed to ease into university life. She posed questions to students with immense tenderness, smiling at every response as if...

Introducing... Meet the Profs

Introducing… Meet the Profs

By Emily Min and Emily Min January 13, 2015

In past years, The Hoya has produced the annual and successful Faces project, in which a number of students, faculty and staff are profiled. Oftentimes the faculty profiles prove to be popular with...

How It Feels to Start Classes Again

How It Feels to Start Classes Again

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein January 8, 2014

By now most, if not all, of you are done with the Christmas cookies and never-ending family time. The holidays were fun, but now it's back to the Hilltop we love and the schoolwork we hate. It goes a little...

Chicago Teachers, Leo’s Staff Highlight Union Downsides

By Evan Hollander September 18, 2012

In introductory economics courses, we are taught that every decision involves trade-offs. With that in mind, we should be wary of the simple-minded arguments in defense of unions that extend everywhere...

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