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Matching Teachers’ Funds Raises Questions of Public Charter School Unions

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UDC Business School Gets Key Accreditation

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D.C. families scramble to get through the school lottery process as teachers, administrators and others notice how many residents east of the Anacostia River work to send their students to institutions in upper Northwest, as opposed to their by-right, neighborhood schools. (Courtesy of dcmoms.com)
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Enrollment Season Compels Conversation About Educational Equity

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D.C. Council member Zachary Parker expressed concerns that funds are often being spread too thinly across District public schools, much to the detriment of families living in Wards 5, 7 and 8. (Courtesy photo)
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Council Clashes with DCPS on Budget Deadlines and Transparency 

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Langston Tingling-Clemmons is a teacher at Jefferson Middle School in Washington, D.C. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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Black Male Teachers Represent 2 Percent of Education Workforce

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins February 15, 2023February 15, 2023
Langston Tingling-Clemmons, affectionately called Mr. TC, is an 8th and 9th grade U.S. history teacher at Jefferson Academy. He graduated from Bucknell University with a bachelor's degree in history and Spanish. He also has a master’s degree from Lehigh University in education. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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D.C. Educators Continue Efforts to Update Social Studies Standards

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Lucy Price, a master teacher at Friendship PCS Elementary & Middle, has solidified a track record of rigorous instruction that takes students to the next level academically. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)
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Friendship PCS Celebrates 25 Years

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Mount Holyoke Taps Howard Law Dean as Next President

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OSSE Expands High-Impact Tutoring Program

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D.C. Council Starts Deliberation on Ratified WTU Contract

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