Washington Informer Education: Equity, Advocacy & Student Voices

Bowie State University's new Center for Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Nursing (Courtesy of Bowie State University)

Bowie State Unveils New Sciences Center

by Lauren M. Poteat June 13, 2017October 30, 2020

Daniel Pearson (left), a seventh-grader at Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School in Laurel, Maryland, and his mother, Josephine Dallas, look at one of the new bicycles and helmets given by a local auto dealership during a June 8 school assembly as rewards to Pearson and fellow classmates for maintaining perfect attendance throughout the 2016-17 school year. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Local, Prince George's County, William J. Ford

Students Receive Free Bikes, Helmets for Perfect Attendance

by William J. Ford June 9, 2017October 30, 2020

Discover The Unexpected fellows Noni Marshall (left) and Alexa Imani Spencer (right) sit down with Roland Martin to discuss the state of HBCUs.

Black Experience, Education

Roland Martin Launches Initiative to Fund HBCUs

by WI Guest Author June 7, 2017October 30, 2020

Courtesy of civilrights.org

Black, Latino Parents Wary of Education System

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer June 7, 2017October 30, 2020

Betsy DeVos

Education, National

Trump Administration Takes on Obama’s Education Law

by WI Guest Author June 5, 2017October 30, 2020

Ananya Vinay of Fresno, California, shows off her trophy after winning the 90th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Courtesy of Scripps)

Sixth-Grader Outlasts Competition, Wins Scripps National Spelling Bee

by WI Webstaff June 2, 2017October 30, 2020

Courtesy of usdreamacademy.org

Dream Academy to Honor Leaders in Science and the Arts

by WI Guest Author May 31, 2017October 30, 2020

The "School Quality Reports" for grades pre-K-12 were released on Nov. 10./ Courtesy of DC Public Charter School Board

Local

D.C. EDUCATION BRIEFS: New Charter Schools

by WI Webstaff May 31, 2017October 30, 2020

DCPS Chancellor Antwan Wilson arrives at a press conference at Alice Deal Middle School in Northwest on February 1, 2017. /Photo by Roy Lewis

Education, Local

D.C. Public Schools Losing Teachers in Middle of School Year

by WI Guest Author May 30, 2017October 30, 2020

Students from Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School are characters in books produced by the Living Storybook project. (Courtesy of Do the Write Thing)

Local

D.C. EDUCATION BRIEFS: Storybook Characters

by WI Webstaff May 24, 2017October 30, 2020