Public schools
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Levy index, 2022-06-09
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc042_06_ind.pdf
Abstract
Mary Levy, attorney and budget analyst, summarizes her education from elementary school in Chicago and its suburbs through law school at George Washington University. She describes how she developed her expertise in data and school finance, and how she, as a concerned school parent, became involved in Parents United. She discusses the organization’s continued advocacy for adequate public school budgets and the funding reports she prepared. She also talks about other issues important to...
Dates:
2022-06-09
Mary Levy interview video, 2022-06-09
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc042_06_v.mp4
Abstract
Mary Levy, attorney and budget analyst, summarizes her education from elementary school in Chicago and its suburbs through law school at George Washington University. She describes how she developed her expertise in data and school finance, and how she, as a concerned school parent, became involved in Parents United. She discusses the organization’s continued advocacy for adequate public school budgets and the funding reports she prepared. She also talks about other issues important to...
Dates:
2022-06-09
Mary Levy transcript, 2022-06-09
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc042_06_tra.pdf
Abstract
Mary Levy, attorney and budget analyst, summarizes her education from elementary school in Chicago and its suburbs through law school at George Washington University. She describes how she developed her expertise in data and school finance, and how she, as a concerned school parent, became involved in Parents United. She discusses the organization’s continued advocacy for adequate public school budgets and the funding reports she prepared. She also talks about other issues important to...
Dates:
2022-06-09
Mamie Himmelwright McIlwee Papers
Collection
Identifier: 161
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, legal documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Mamie H. McIlwee’s work advocating for resources for Petworth public schools and libraries.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1932 - 1952
Rod Boggs index, 2022-06-10
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc042_07_ind.pdf
Abstract
Rod Boggs summarizes his education from elementary school in Rockville Center, New York through law school at Columbia University. He briefly mentions his work for the Ford Foundation in Africa and for Congressman Allard Lowenstein. The major focus of the interview is the educational advocacy that developed at the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, under his leadership. He talks about programs that preceded Parents United: a project involving volunteer lawyers...
Dates:
2022-06-10
Rod Boggs interview video, 2022-06-10
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc042_07_v.mp4
Abstract
Rod Boggs summarizes his education from elementary school in Rockville Center, New York through law school at Columbia University. He briefly mentions his work for the Ford Foundation in Africa and for Congressman Allard Lowenstein. The major focus of the interview is the educational advocacy that developed at the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, under his leadership. He talks about programs that preceded Parents United: a project involving volunteer lawyers...
Dates:
2022-06-10
Rod Boggs transcript, 2022-06-10
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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc042_07_tra.pdf
Abstract
Rod Boggs summarizes his education from elementary school in Rockville Center, New York through law school at Columbia University. He briefly mentions his work for the Ford Foundation in Africa and for Congressman Allard Lowenstein. The major focus of the interview is the educational advocacy that developed at the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, under his leadership. He talks about programs that preceded Parents United: a project involving volunteer lawyers...
Dates:
2022-06-10
Series 42: When Parents United for D.C.'s Public Schools, 2022
Series
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc042
Abstract
For 30 years, Parents United was an effective champion for DC Public School students. This group was established in order to fight a catastrophic reduction in the DC Public Schools budget. The development of this remarkable advocacy began when Rod Boggs, who was executive director of the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, was also a concerned school parent. In 1981, Rod’s leadership made it possible for the Washington Lawyers’ Committee to provide essential...
Dates:
2022
Silent Partners
Unprocessed Material — 1: [Barcode: 31172091165845]
Identifier: 2022.091
Dates:
2013 - 2018
Mary G. Ziegler Papers
Collection
Identifier: 010
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection relate to Mary Ziegler’s career as an educator of persons with intellectual disabilities at the District Training School for the Feeble Minded in Laurel, Maryland (later Forest Haven Asylum). Materials include photographs of activities and events; publications on the education of persons with intellectual disabilities; press releases; programs; a newsletter; correspondence; awards; published books; and certificates. Of note are seven scrapbooks created by...
Dates:
1950-1980