It was a full push over many months, involving dozens of people. A team of consultants helped us crunch the data and craft the smartest application we could. We presented to the state board of education and the District’s Council at various stages of the proposal. We formed working groups, and working groups within the working groups. We addressed them through lots of engagement. There were fears about slowing down what was already going on, about having to shift focus away and about committing to something that could very likely require more resources down the road than were being offered through the grant. was all over it.įocused on a Vision Perhaps the biggest challenge was getting so many smart, strong leaders on the same page. If aggressive, student-centered change was what Secretary Duncan and the department were looking for, then D.C. Everybody, from the mayor and state superintendent down to educators in individual classrooms, was focused on using data to inform decision-making. A robust charter school sector had been growing for years, and leaders had already started making the shift toward a focus on quality over quantity. The district was a perfect candidate for Race to the Top because we were already doing a lot in terms of reform.
I looked at it as a chance to rally education stakeholders across the city around our already ambitious reform agenda, and to highlight the district’s initiatives. We had a lot of work to do, and it was a whirlwind.Ī Perfect Candidate So when the Race to the Top opportunity landed on my desk, I didn’t fully grasp the magnitude of what would be involved in crafting a winning application or what would transpire across the country as a result of the competition. for several years, the previous two focused on supporting the mayor’s efforts to turn around the school system. I had been working on education with my head down in D.C. At the time, I didn’t have much knowledge of the national education reform landscape, Race to the Top or Education Secretary Arne Duncan. It’s funny how songs you’ve never heard can sometimes spark nostalgia due to the sheer temporal specificity of their sound.In September 2009, I was asked to spearhead the District of Columbia’s efforts to win a I remember Slumber from “Bell Boy!”, their gorgeous contribution to Lounge Records’ 1998 Sounds From Psychedelphia compilation but the rest of the tunes on This Is a Song to the Sound of You are new to me. Throughout, the vocals are as soft and airy as the guitars are fiery and luminous. Philly shoegaze/dream-rock outfit Slumber would fit perfectly on a mixtape alongside the aforementioned bands and I’ve been playing this Bandcamp collection of their tunes a lot this month. Lately, I‘ve been leaning heavily on dreamy, 90s alt-rock, revisiting and obsessively playing bands that I adored as a kid like Velocity Girl, Belly and Velour 100. Slumber – This Is a Song to the Sound of You Here are 5 things that have lit my mind and soul on fire as we prepare to have fun and shake off the winter blues. So,this month, I’ve made it a point to pop up at more events to see friends and fam and preparie to take on more DJ gigs in an effort to share in the experience of hearing and playing music. Humans are social animals and music is one of the grandest examples of our social being.
I’ve been writing at home a lot, I go out on solo missions to dig for records and while all of that is fine, I am looking forward to being out in the mix more.
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March is here and Spring is knocking on the door! As we move into the warmer part of the year, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to revamp my relationship to music.
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