Lewis Ferebee Archives - The Washington Informer

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

Digital Editions

9-18-25 Informer Edition

by WI Webstaff September 17, 2025September 22, 2025

Amid Local Budget Battle, District Teachers and Parents Embrace Summer Enrichment Programs

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. July 22, 2025July 25, 2025

**FILE** DCPS Chancellor Dr. Lewis D. Ferebee (at the podium) and Paul Kihn, D.C. deputy mayor for education, want to ensure that no District public school loses instructional staff, as intended by the Schools First in Budgeting Amendment Act, which the D.C. Council approved in 2023. They announced a sustainability fund that would allow school leaders to allocate, at their discretion, dollars toward the preservation of teaching positions. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

This Budget Season, Public School Officials Focus on Maintaining Teacher Workforce

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. March 11, 2025March 11, 2025

**FILE** Elizabeth Davis, former president of Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU), is remembered as a champion for educators rights, childhood literacy, and educational equity. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Remembering Elizabeth Davis: A Champion for Educators Rights, Literacy, Educational Equity

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 12, 2025February 13, 2025

A squatter’s camp near Union Station in D.C. (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)

DCPS Uses Connected Schools Model to Tackle Homelessness

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. October 8, 2024October 8, 2024

Washington Teachers Union, DCPS Reach Tentative Agreement

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. October 1, 2024November 2, 2024

D.C. Public School Teachers to Start School Year Without New Contract

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. August 21, 2024August 23, 2024

Hundreds of District of Columbia students gathered at Capital One Arena in Northwest on April 30 for a College Signing Day celebration. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Capital One Arena Hosts D.C.’s First College Signing Day

by Ashleigh Fields April 30, 2024May 1, 2024

**FILE** District of Columbia Public Schools' fiscal 2025, with Lewis D. Ferebee as superintendent, reflects a post-pandemic environment facing tough choices amid inflation, increasing salaries, and desired funding for programming. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

DCPS Budget Raises Questions About Staffing, Pandemic-Era Programming

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 14, 2024March 15, 2024

**FILE** Lewis D. Ferebee (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

In DCPS Procurement Scandal, Black-Owned Small Businesses Weigh In

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. June 7, 2023July 7, 2023