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DCPS educators are striving to ensure that 100 percent of K-2 students are reading at or above grade level by 2022. (Courtesy of DCPS)

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D.C. EDUCATION BRIEFS: DCPS Reads

by WI Webstaff March 6, 2019October 31, 2020

Courtesy of PGCPS

Local, William J. Ford

Marylanders Support Opening Schools After Labor Day: Poll

by William J. Ford March 5, 2019October 31, 2020

Education, Local

UDC Alumni Launch Scholarship in Mothers’ Names

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 27, 2019October 31, 2020

Imam Dr. Talib M. Shareef, president of the Nation’s Mosque, Masjid Muhammad and two ladies peruse The Washington Informer’s Black Facts column, which is being used to connect students with Black history. (Courtesy of Emma P. Ward)

Education, Local

Elder Promotes ‘Black Facts’ During Mid-Winter Break

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 20, 2019October 31, 2020

Duvalier Malone speaks to the students at Democracy Prep Congress Heights Public Charter School for the kickoff of Black History Month. (Courtesy of Democracy Prep PCS via Facebook)

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String of Charter School Closures Sparks Questions

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Members of the Maryland state Senate vote on Feb. 12 to allow the state's 24 school boards to decide whether to start the academic year before Labor Day, which would overturn Gov. Larry Hogan's executive order issued in 2016 to open schools after the holiday. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Education, Local, William J. Ford

Md. Senate OKs School Choice Calendar

by William J. Ford February 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Lewis Ferebee

Education, Local

Council Education Committee Grills Ferebee

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 13, 2019October 31, 2020

Universal preschool in the District has helped boost the maternal labor force. (Courtesy of CAP)

Research Sheds Light on Effectiveness of Preschool Programs

by WI Guest Author February 12, 2019October 31, 2020

Jaime Whitfield-Coffen, principal of Tulip Grove Elementary School, gives last-minute instructions before allowing students and their parents inside the newly renovated building on Sept. 4, the first day of school. (Robert Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Politics, William J. Ford

Senate Gives Preliminary OK on School System Calendar Choice

by William J. Ford February 7, 2019October 31, 2020

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (center) gives the annual State of the State address inside the House chamber in Annapolis on Jan. 30. (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)

William J. Ford

Senate Committee Reviews Hogan’s School Legislation

by William J. Ford February 7, 2019October 31, 2020