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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, who is leading the DOE on creating new programs or expanding existing community schools. (Courtesy photo)

DCPS Among Those Sharing $63M in Education Grants

by Stacy M. Brown January 19, 2023January 19, 2023

Students from Langley Elementary, C.W. Harris Elementary, School Within A School at Goding Elementary School, Hyde-Addison Elementary School and Stuart-Hobson Middle School channeled the spirit of King, Presidents Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln and Eleanor Roosevelt in their presentations. (The Washington Informer)

DCPS, National Park Service Host Speech Readings at Lincoln Memorial

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

While they are getting closer to reaching common ground, negotiations between the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Project and DCPS continue regarding funding for the arts and teachers at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Duke Ellington-DCPS Negotiation Process Continues

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee (third from left), D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (center), D.C. Department of General Services Director Keith A. Anderson (third from right) and D.C. Council member Trayon White (far right) cut the ribbon in celebration of Phase I of the newly modernized Bard High School Early College DC on Jan. 5. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Bard High School Early College DC Moves to Congress Heights

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. January 5, 2023January 5, 2023

Members of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts (DESA) community, including senior vocal student Jonathan Hobbs (pictured), fear that a District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) takeover would eradicate DESA’s dual-curriculum arts programming. (Photo by Robert Roberts)

EXCLUSIVE: Duke Ellington School of the Arts Pushes Back Against DCPS’ Attempt to Take Control

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. December 14, 2022January 24, 2023

Parents and Former Teachers Respond to Tentative Teacher Contract Agreement

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 30, 2022November 30, 2022

D.C. School Teachers, Mayor Bowser Reach Tentative Deal

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 23, 2022November 23, 2022

Parents and teachers at Whittier Education Campus walked out on Nov. 17. (Courtesy of WTU)

Parents Rally Behind DCPS Teachers in Demand for Better Conditions

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 22, 2022November 23, 2022

Fashion designer Greg Harrison, founder of The Museum clothing store, poses with students in the Becoming a Man program, part of the JPMorgan Chase Fellowship Initiative, at the Chase Skyland branch in southeast D.C. on on Nov. 18. (Marckell Williams/The Washington Informer)

Becoming a Man Program Continues to Establish Presence in D.C. Public Schools

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 22, 2022November 23, 2022

**FILE** Zaicoria McLean (center), a 9th grader at Bell Multicultural High School, presents a project she worked on with Laylah Malloy and Teresa Jimenez, 11th graders at Jackson Reed High School, to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (left) and Office of the State Superintendent of Education Christina Grant (right) at the District’s Advanced Technical Center at Trinity Washington University in Northeast on Nov. 14. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Bowser and Grant Celebrate Record D.C. School Enrollment

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 16, 2022November 17, 2022