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DCPS Lines Divide Hopefuls

By Suzanne Monyak September 12, 2014

As D.C. Public Schools reopen for this school year, the issue of redistricting public school boundaries has emerged as a hot-button topic for the D.C. mayoral candidates. Last week, current mayor Vincent...

DC Public Schools Announce Redistricting Proposals

By Joy Ma April 15, 2014

Washington, D.C. officials announced a proposal to redraw elementary school boundary lines for District of Columbia Public Schools on April 5. If enacted, this marks the first DCPS redistricting since...

SATs Free for DC

By Matt Walters September 6, 2013

SAT testing will be free for all juniors and seniors at public and charter high schools in Washington, D.C., this year, Mayor Vincent Gray recently announced. The new program, which will affect more...

GU, GWU Students Partner at LearnServe

By Mallika Sen August 30, 2013

Georgetown students are familiar with social entrepreneurship. Now, a new campus group is committed to helping Washington, D.C. high school students foster an appreciation for the field through projects...

District Needs Blanket Plan for Public Schools

By Matthew Kerrigan March 1, 2013

As a member of the Washington D.C. community concerned with the educational opportunities in the District, I am deeply troubled about the closure of Kenilworth Elementary and 14 other area schools without...

For Ailing School District, Principals Turn to MSB

By Hiromi Oka January 29, 2013

A new group of 25 students eagerly awaited their first day of McDonough School of Business classes on Jan. 25. Although their having jobs outside the classroom isn’t particularly unique among MSBgraduate...

Georgetown Recruits Close to Home

By Adrianna Smith February 17, 2012

While some students spend several hours and hundreds of dollars traveling to visit their families back home, Darryl Robinson (COL '15) lives only a 10-minute bus ride away. "It feels like every day,...

DC Schools Mailed Suspicious Powder

By Sarah Kaplan May 5, 2011

Mailrooms at more than two dozen D.C. public schools received packages filled with a suspicious white powder this afternoon. According to Pete Piringer, D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services spokesman,...

DC Reads’ Education Week Tackles Achievement Gap

By Mariah Byrne April 15, 2011

This week DC Reads brought its mission from Wards 7 and 8 to Georgetown's front gates with its first annual Education Week. Through Education Week, DC Reads hoped to translate the necessary connection...

New Chancellor Reflects on GU Education

By Anne Skomba March 18, 2011

Georgetown alumna Kaya Henderson returned to the Hilltop Tuesday evening as the newly appointed chancellor of D.C. Public Schools. Henderson (SFS '92, GRD '07) spoke about her recent promotion to the...

School Scores Hardly Tell the Whole Story

By Matt Buccelli September 10, 2010

Few would deny that the arrival of 75 million federal dollars on the doorstep of Washington, D.C.'s struggling public school system seems like a very positive development. Here in D.C., where the test...

Duke Ellington School May Relocate to Accommodate Public High School

By Clare Scanlan January 22, 2010

D.C. Public Schools are evaluating the possibility of relocating the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and converting the building located on the corner of 3--5th and R Streets NW into a public, comprehensive...

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