D.C. Schools Declines to Provide Capital Gains Program Results Data

dcogcadmin | March 16, 2010

Bill Turque, the Washington Post’s education reporter, notes in his D.C. Schools Insider blog that data supporting a program that pays D.C. school kids for good behavior and grades has not been forthcoming, even though the program is now running short of cash and requesting additional funding from the D.C. Council.  In September, Turque filed a FOIA request seeking information about the results of the Capital Gains program, which pays children for attendance, behavior and good grades.  The FOIA request has not yet received a response; officials with D.C. Schools say that a researcher with Harvard University, which is also providing funding for the program, is analyzing the results, but there’s no indication of when his findings will be made public.  D.C. Schools Insider

Bill Turque, the Washington Post’s education reporter, notes in his D.C. Schools Insider blog that data supporting a program that pays D.C. school kids for good behavior and grades has not been forthcoming, even though the program is now running short of cash and requesting additional funding from the D.C. Council.  In September, Turque filed a FOIA request seeking information about the results of the Capital Gains program, which pays children for attendance, behavior and good grades.  The FOIA request has not yet received a response; officials with D.C. Schools say that a researcher with Harvard University, which is also providing funding for the program, is analyzing the results, but there’s no indication of when his findings will be made public.  D.C. Schools Insider