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Posted inEducation

Demand for Instructors Continues to Rise as More Teachers Say ‘No’ to Summer School

by Sam P.K. Collins June 22, 2022June 23, 2022

After what has been considered one of the most unprecedented years in recent history, school districts across the country find themselves struggling to fill summer school teaching positions. 

Posted inEducation

Teachers Find Fault with Recent IMPACT Evaluations

by Sam P.K. Collins June 22, 2022June 22, 2022
The District government recently announced the expansion of efforts to fully vaccinate all District youth. (WI file photo)
Posted inEducation

D.C. Government Officials Aim for 100 Percent Child Vaccinations

by Sam P.K. Collins June 8, 2022June 9, 2022
Jayla Nickens, a D.C. resident and 2022 high school graduate
Posted inEducation

This High School Student Studied How Violent Crime Impacts SAT Scores. Here’s What She Found

by Maya Pottiger, Special to The Informer via Word in Black June 8, 2022June 23, 2022
**FILE** Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inEducation

D.C. Parents Still Reeling from Uvalde Mass Shooting

by Sam P.K. Collins June 1, 2022June 2, 2022
Posted inLocal

Removal of Police Officers from Schools Receives Lukewarm Response 

by Sam P.K. Collins May 26, 2022May 27, 2022
The first line of security at most high schools in the District of Columbia are metal detectors and screening devices like those shown here at H.D. Woodson High School in Northeast staffed by security personnel. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inLocal

School Resource Officers Are Being Eliminated in DC Public Schools

by Jamila Bey May 26, 2022May 26, 2022
On May 18, WLC commemorated its grand opening with a ceremony that attracted elected officials and community members. Guests included D.C. Council members Robert White (D-At large) and Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2) and Ward 7 State Board of Education Representative Eboni-Rose Thompson. (Courtesy of Jordan Barnes)
Posted inEducation

Washington Literacy Center Continues Work in Spacious New Building

by Sam P.K. Collins May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
The Frederick Douglass High School's Class of 2022 walks inside Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro during the school's commencement ceremony on May 24. It marked the first time in two years since Prince George’s County public schools held commencement exercises at the arena because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inPrince George's County

It’s Graduation Season in Prince George’s

by William J. Ford May 24, 2022June 10, 2022
The main gateway of Bowie State University (Courtesy of M. Chambers via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inEducation

Bowie State Commencement Going Live for First Time in 3 Years

by WI Web Staff May 19, 2022May 19, 2022

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