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Lisa Gartner

Examiner Staff Writer - education

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Lisa Gartner covers D.C.-area public schools for The Washington Examiner. She joined the paper in 2010 after graduating from Northwestern University. She lives in the District, and has written for Texas Monthly, Chicago, Conde Nast Traveler and USA WEEKEND. Herself a product of public K-12 schools, Lisa lost her gold star on the first day of kindergarten.

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  • Alexandria likely to scrap high school rankings

    Lisa Gartner

    Published: Sat, Dec 8, 2012

    Alexandria City Public Schools is likely to eliminate high school class rankings in the coming weeks, joining the area's larger school systems in tossing out valedictorian status in an effort to curb competition and graduate well-rounded students.

  • For teen parents, day care free at area high schools

    Lisa Gartner

    Updated: Thu, Dec 6, 2012

    Steven Ramos doesn't cry anymore when his mother drops him off at day care. "He loves it. He's one of those babies who wants to do everything by himself," says 19-year-old Lizbeth Gutierrez. "He doesn't want my help." But while Steven may not want any help, Gutierrez admits she needs it. She...

  • Md. students' vocabulary skills grow, passing Va.'s

    Lisa Gartner

    Updated: Thu, Dec 6, 2012

    District in last place among states on federal exam Maryland students improved their scores on a federal vocabulary exam, moving ahead of Virginia to claim the most articulate students in the region, according to results released Thursday. The District ranked worst among states as scores...

  • More Fairfax, Alexandria students pass Advanced Placement tests

    Lisa Gartner

    Published: Wed, Dec 5, 2012

    Fairfax County and Alexandria students are taking and passing more Advanced Placement exams, a benchmark of college readiness, according to data released by the school systems Wednesday. More than 16,000 Fairfax County high school students took 35,759 of these college-level tests last spring,...

  • Calculator ban proposed for Virginia tests

    Lisa Gartner

    Published: Sat, Dec 1, 2012

    Students would be banned from using their calculators on the seventh- and eighth-grade Standards of Learning math exams under a bill introduced by a state lawmaker from Fairfax County. The House legislation also would keep students who couldn't pass the eighth-grade standardized tests from...

  • More Montgomery, Prince George's students pass AP tests

    Lisa Gartner

    Published: Wed, Nov 28, 2012

    More public school students in the Maryland suburbs are taking and passing Advanced Placement exams, the pre-eminent signal of college readiness, according to 2012 data released Wednesday by the local school systems. Montgomery County students took a record 32,974 AP exams last spring, with 75...

  • D.C. fires two after 4-year-old left on school bus

    Lisa Gartner

    Published: Wed, Nov 28, 2012

    Two D.C. schools employees were fired after a 4-year-old student with special needs was strapped into his bus seat in a bus terminal for six and a half hours Tuesday. The child was in good health and not crying when he was discovered at the Southwest bus terminal at 2:05 p.m., six and a half...

  • THE 3-MINUTE INTERVIEW: Jason Lody

    Lisa Gartner

    Published: Tue, Nov 27, 2012

    Lody is executive director of Sela Public Charter School, the first Hebrew language charter school in the District -- and only the third of its kind in the nation. "Sela" means rock or foundation in Hebrew, and the school recently announced that it will set its own foundation in the Ward 4...


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