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Georgetown Law Clinic Holds Annual Mock Trial Competition for DC Public School Students

Georgetown Law Clinic Holds Annual Mock Trial Competition for DC Public School Students

By Darya Molotkova November 19, 2021

The Georgetown University Law Center’s Street Law clinic held its 49th annual fall mock trial event for students attending Washington, D.C. public high schools Nov. 4, offering participants the opportunity...

FutureEd Report Highlights DCPS Hiring Success

FutureEd Report Highlights DCPS Hiring Success

By Brooke DeLucia September 24, 2021

A new report found that Washington, D.C. public schools have improved hiring practices over the last 12 years thanks to new, innovative hiring practices.  According to the report released this...

AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM/FACEBOOK | Muriel Bowser, the mayor of the District of Columbia, attended a groundbreaking ceremony, October 17, as the African American Civil War Museum expanded into a new space.

African American Civil War Memorial Museum To Be Expanded

By Ishaan Rai October 25, 2019

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser helped break ground on the future African American Civil War Memorial Museum housed at the Grimke School in an Oct. 17 ceremony.  The museum tells the stories...

FILE PHOTO: KIRK ZIESER/THE HOYA | The McDonough School of Business received a $12.2 million donation from the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation, it announced to the Georgetown community in an email Oct. 16.

MSB Receives $12 Million Donation

By Giulia Testa October 23, 2019

FILE PHOTO: KIRK ZIESER/THE HOYA | The McDonough School of Business received a $12.2 million donation from the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation, it announced to the Georgetown community in an email...

MY INDIANA PUBLIC SCHOOLS Lewis Ferebee, former superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools, is set to assume the role of D.C. Public Schools chancellor on Jan. 31, 2019 pending confirmation of his nomination.

Bowser Nominates New DCPS Chancellor After Monthslong Search

By Dustin Hartuv December 7, 2018

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) selected Lewis Ferebee as the new chancellor for D.C. Public Schools at a press conference Dec. 3 amid a series of scandals that have dogged the school system in...

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Georgetown University education, inquiry and justice professor Emily Gasoi is running to represent Washington, D.C. Ward 1 on the State Board of Education.

Professor Runs for State Board of Education

By Sana Rahman November 2, 2018

The race for Washington, D.C. Ward 1 representative for the State Board of Education includes Georgetown University education, inquiry and justice professor Emily Gasoi and alumnus Jason Andrean (MSB...

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A teacher at Duke Ellington School of the Arts is on leave after allegations of sexual assault surfaced Oct. 14.

Duke Ellington School of the Arts Teacher on Leave After Sexual Assault Allegations

By Walker Miller October 24, 2018

The chair of the literacy and media department at Duke Ellington School of the Arts is being investigated by Washington, D.C. police after allegations of sexual assault against a minor were raised...

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A report released by the District Office of the State Superintendent said that expulsion and suspension rates in Washington, D.C. public schools are down for the 2015-16 school year although black students are disproportionately expelled and suspended with 10 percent of black students suspended compared to 1 percent of white students.

Black Students Disproportionately Disciplined in DCPS

By Marina Pitofsky February 10, 2017

While expulsion and suspension rates during the 2015-16 school year are down in D.C. Public Schools compared to previous years, black students are still disproportionately affected by school disciplinary...

DCPS Chancellor Henderson Under Fire

By Lisa Burgoa and Haley Snyder April 29, 2016

Washington, D.C., Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson (SFS ’92, GRD ’07) is under fire for asking a DCPS food vendor for a donation of $100,000 to the D.C. Public Education Fund two weeks after...

Panelists Discuss State of DC Public Schools

By Tala al Rajjal April 12, 2016

D.C. Public Schools faculty and former students discussed the rise of charter schools, the value of mentorship in education and the benefits and shortcomings of after-school enrichment programs at an event...

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The My School D.C. Lottery matched 70 percent of applicants this year, a drop from last year’s rate of 72 percent.

School Lottery Decreases Matches

By Simon Carroll April 12, 2016

The My School D.C. Lottery matched a lower proportion of its 21,208 overall applicants to schools this year, according to results released April 1. This year the program received 1,000 more applicants....

DC Public Schools See Seventh Consecutive Year of Increased Enrollment

By Charlotte Allen March 18, 2016

Enrollment in Washington, D.C. public schools and charter schools increased 2.3 percent in the past academic year to a total of 87,344 students, according to figures released February by the Office of...

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