Washington Informer Education: Equity, Advocacy & Student Voices

**FILE** Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. (Mark Mahoney/NNPA)

NNPA President Benjamin Chavis to Teach Race and Racism Course at Duke University

by Stacy M. Brown December 11, 2023December 11, 2023

Courtesy of Children's Legacy Theater

New Council Legislation Aims for Universal Out-of-School Time Program

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. December 6, 2023December 8, 2023

**FILE** Courtesy of aucenter.edu

Atlanta University Center Launches Inaugural Media Sales, Operations and Marketing Curriculum

by WI Web Staff December 1, 2023December 8, 2023

Teresa Jimenez Marcos, a senior at Jackson-Reed Senior High School in Northwest, said she wants to enter the global health field as a dermatologist. She’s taken steps to pursue this career path while at the Advanced Technical Center. (Courtesy of Fred Lewis, Office of the State Superintendent of Education)

D.C. Students Gain College Credits and Career Training at Penn Center

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 29, 2023December 8, 2023

Black Girls Do Engineer is working to make the STEM fields and engineering more accessible to young Black women. (Courtesy photo)

Black Girls Can Be Engineers Too

by Aziah Siid, Special to The Informer via Word in Black November 21, 2023November 21, 2023

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and officials recently broke ground on a new $64M facility for the DC Infrastructure Academy. (Courtesy photo)

D.C. Infrastructure Academy to Continue Mission at Spingarn High School

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 21, 2023November 21, 2023

The student co-authors of the new book “Through My Anacostia Eyes” and the book’s editor, Caroline Brewer, read aloud at a book launch at the University of the District of Columbia on Nov. 8. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Anacostia High School Students Co-Author Environmental Poetry Book

by Kayla Benjamin November 15, 2023November 15, 2023

anonymous ethnic tutor helping little multiracial students with task in classroom

New Funding Cuts Can Make Life Harder for Black Students

by Aziah Siid, Special to The Informer via Word in Black November 15, 2023November 15, 2023

While boys and girls attend the same classes, have access to identical programs, and often come from the same families, girls consistently outperform boys in public high schools nationwide. (Wikimedia Commons)

Gender Disparities in High School Graduation Rates: Unearthing Root Causes and Seeking Solutions

by Stacy M. Brown November 8, 2023November 8, 2023

Courtesy of Kids2College

New Program Intended to Expand College Access

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 8, 2023November 9, 2023