EDUCATION | What makes a teacher great? (School reformers, take note.) (WaPo, 3/28) – by Marc Fisher – “[Aleta] Margolis believes that people who are in teaching for the right reasons can be molded into “instigators of thought” rather than providers of information” … “Maybe great teachers are both born and made. ” Featuring DC nonprofit Center for Inspired Teaching. Supporters include a bevy of WG members.
HEALTH | Md. bill would alter way primary health care is delivered (BizJournals, 3/26) – “patient-centered medical home program” – “It’s a system in which your insurance company shares vital medical records with any physician who treats you and then rewards those doctors for keeping you out of the hospital.”
CENSUS | As census nears, officials make final appeal in diverse settings (WaPo, 3/28) – “In the Washington area, about one in three households had responded, ranging from a low of 29 percent in the District to a high of 40 percent in Loudoun County.” (Texans find the whole darn thing a little suspicious.)
ARTS | D.C. arts groups cautiously emerging from recession (WaPo, 3/28) – Some see gradual signs of turnaround.
