The Washington, D.C. Council is expected to vote on a proposed contract to raise D.C. Public Schools teachers’ salaries Oct. 3, following five years without a contract between teachers and the city’s...
The McDonough School of Business’s Executive Masters in Leadership program welcomed back the first-ever joint cohort of principals from Washington, D.C. public and public charter schools.
The cohort,...
Washington, D.C. school officials pushed back against a report published by the University of California Los Angeles Civil Rights Project claiming the city’s public and charter schools are among the...
Two Washington D.C. Public Schools closed last week after bedbug infestations forced school officials to cancel classes or move students to other facilities.
DCPS officials found bedbugs at both Myrtilla...
While expulsion and suspension rates during the 2015-16 school year are down in D.C. Public Schools compared to previous years, black students are still disproportionately affected by school disciplinary...
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) introduced a new program Monday aimed at increasing students’ access to public elementary schools, despite concerns that the plan may be inaccessible to students...
Washington, D.C. Auditor Kathy Patterson’s office condemned the privatization of D.C. Public Schools’ food services for failing to deliver on promises to cut costs and improve quality in a 70-page...
Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced the launch of the Anacostia Public Safety Academy, an institution aimed at helping District of Columbia Public Schools high school students pursue a career in criminal...
District of Columbia Public Schools saw a 73 percent increase in the number of students taking Advanced Placement exams since 2010, as well as a 34 percent increase in the number of students passing these...
All but ten of over 200 D.C. public and charter schools failed to meet the city standards for physical education set for grades kindergarten through eighth grade, according to a Washington Post review...
Washington, D.C., Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson (SFS ’92, GRD ’07) is under fire for asking a DCPS food vendor for a donation of $100,000 to the D.C. Public Education Fund two weeks after...
D.C. Public Schools faculty and former students discussed the rise of charter schools, the value of mentorship in education and the benefits and shortcomings of after-school enrichment programs at an event...
