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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

From left: Charles Boston hosted an arboriculture internship with Anthony Smith, Nashaud McGill and Jasean Fulmore, along with a few other students. (Photo by City Dreamz Entertainment LLC)

EXCLUSIVE: D.C. Government and Local Colleges Collaborate to Meet Student Demand

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

Shannon Turner (left), coordinator of recruitment and college matriculation at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Maryland, and Raymond Harrod, dual enrollment program manager (Photo by City Dreamz Entertainment LLC)

Prince George's County

Prince George’s Community College Answers the Call for Flexibility and Dual Enrollment

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

**FILE** A bill floating through Congress would raise the minimum wage for K-12 teachers to $60,000 annually. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Congress Considers Bill Making $60K the Minimum Salary for K-12 Teachers

by Stacy M. Brown December 21, 2022December 22, 2022

**FILE** Claudine Gay (Lhampt1 via Wikimedia Commons)

Claudine Gay Named as Harvard University’s First Black President

by Stacy M. Brown December 16, 2022December 16, 2022

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

Opal Lee, known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," reads to students at the Excel Academy Public School for Girls in southeast D.C. on Dec. 7. (Marckell Williams/The Washington Informer)

Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, Visits Excel Academy Public School for Girls

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. December 8, 2022December 8, 2022

Eliot-Hine Middle School faculty and staff attend a STEM Forward assembly on Dec. 5 with 10-time Olympic medal-winning swimmer Katie Ledecky (second from right), who sat with students (from left) Sebastian Rodriguez Garzon, Maiya Stover and Xaxier Iemus Reyes. (Marckell Williams/The Washington Informer)

Katie Ledecky Conducts STEM Presentation at Eliot-Hine Middle School

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. December 7, 2022December 7, 2022

**FILE** Parent volunteers join D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser at the start of the school year to help kids commute safely as part of the city’s Safe Passage Program. (WI photo)

Amid Violence, Parents and Business Owners Demand Stronger Safe Passage Program

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 30, 2022December 1, 2022