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With New Upgrade, Leckie Education Campus Moves Into the Future

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. January 28, 2026January 28, 2026

Leckie Education Campus has completed a two-story addition, providing students with new classrooms, science lab, dining room, and other amenities, as well as improved accessibility and security, and was designed with input from students, faculty, and staff.

DC International School’s Black Boys Excellence Collective Hosts ‘A Night of Black Excellence’ with Grammy-Nominated Artist and DMV Native Brent Faiyaz

by Monique Lenoir December 15, 2025December 15, 2025

Front page of The Washington Informer September 18–24, 2025 issue

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9-18-25 Informer Edition

by WI Webstaff September 17, 2025September 22, 2025

As Federal Takeover Continues, Conversation Shifts to Curriculum, REAL IDs, and Metro Safety

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. August 25, 2025August 25, 2025

**FILE** Courtesy of Howard University

D.C. Students Explore Music Industry Through Howard University Partnership

by WI Web Staff July 16, 2025July 16, 2025

After much deliberation over the 2025 supplemental budget, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other local officials present their fiscal 2026 budget proposal, dubbed "Grow D.C.," at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on May 27. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

In Budget Proposals, D.C. Mayor Bowser Looks to the Future

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. May 28, 2025May 28, 2025

**FILE** Metropolitan Police Department vehicles (Courtesy photo)

EDITORIAL: As Summer Approaches, We Need Parents to Reel in Youth, Help Combat Violence in the Name of Fun

by WI Editorial Staff April 23, 2025April 23, 2025

Monumental Sports looks to inspire students through athletics. (Courtesy of Monumental Sports)

‘District Dribble’ Invests in the Community Through Basketball

by Demarco Rush March 21, 2025March 21, 2025

Attendees at the first “Bring Back the Village” event on Feb. 5. (Courtesy of Andria Swanson)

Swanson Family Academy Aims to Strengthen Community With Its ‘Bring Back the Village’

by Tait Manning February 26, 2025February 27, 2025

For three years, Courtney McFerson has been working diligently to get special education coordinators at Anne Beers Elementary School in Southeast D.C. to create an Individualized Education Program for her son, who fell behind in reading and math. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

DCPS Parent Alleges Denial of Special Education Services

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 12, 2024November 21, 2024