To the Editor: I am a 1965 graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. I recently retired after 42 years as a history teacher in the D.C. Public Schools. The following is an...

D.C. Public Schools is embarking on a new effort to simultaneously reduce hunger and improve academic achievement. Ten thousand students enrolled in the District's public schools will now have the opportunity...

It seems like everywhere you turn, from movies to the front page of THE HOYA, everyone is talking about the state of public education in the United States. Lately, it's been primarily in reaction to the...

With the Obama administration's presentation of $325 million to the District of Columbia and Maryland last Tuesday, public schools in the area received a needed boost toward improvement that could set...

Much needed reform promised by the Obama administration has come to the U.S. education system in the form of stimulus dollars, but whether this is change we can believe in has yet to be seen. This...

Our high school senior selves probably wished at one point or another that they had never heard of the college admissions process and SATs. For many students in the District, however, ignorance is not...

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty (D) unveiled his proposed budget for fiscal year 2011 to the D.C. Council on April 1 amid a re-election campaign and waning popularity shown by a January Washington Post poll. The...