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back-to-school

Back-to-School Shopping Inflation Hits Home for Parents, Teachers

Joshua Bay
Washington D.C.

Williams: Welcome to D.C. — Publicly Progressive, Privately Guarding Its Privilege

Conor P. Williams
Buffalo

Terror at DC Rally after Screaming Man Reportedly Claimed He was Armed

Mark Keierleber
Arkansas

American Child Care Crisis: Data Show 1 in 3 Workers Going Hungry Due to Low Pay

Colin Page McGinnis
Pandemic

AFT Launches Literacy Campaign, Pledging 1M Free Books for Families

Asher Lehrer-Small
literacy

New Efforts Could Boost Literacy in D.C. Schools

Jessica Giles
Pandemic

D.C. Charter School Makes Mindfulness Part of School Day

Marianna McMurdock
Pandemic

D.C.’s Missing Students and the Rush to Avert a COVID Classroom Crisis

Beth Hawkins
Pandemic

3 DC Charters Seek Greenlight to Keep Virtual Learning

Taylor Swaak
Civics

How George Floyd's Murder Inspired a New Curriculum in My School

Riah Williams
Pandemic

D.C. Summer Jobs Program Will Pay Teens to Take Classes as City Combats Learning Loss

Taylor Swaak
Pandemic

13 District Schools in D.C. Are Opening as ‘Student Support Centers’ to Serve Needy Students — but Questions About Selection, Safety Remain. A Look at One School’s Plan

Taylor Swaak
Pandemic

As Many Public Schools Fight to Retain Students Amid Pandemic, Washington, D.C.’s Charters Are Closer to Meeting Fall Enrollment Projections Than DCPS’s Traditional Schools

Taylor Swaak
Pandemic

Survey: Nearly Half of High School Principals Have Helped Students Facing Homelessness During the Pandemic; 4 in 10 Have Aided Students Coping With Deaths in Their Family

Linda Jacobson
Washington D.C.

Taheri: Giving At-Risk Kids Priority in Lottery for D.C. Charter Schools Can Help Integration and Right a Historic Wrong

Ramin Taheri
Pandemic

4 D.C. Families Faced Homelessness, Language Barriers & Limited Special Education Services During Spring’s Virtual Learning. They’re Waiting — and Hoping — for a Smoother Fall

Taylor Swaak
Washington D.C.

As D.C. Feels Gentrification Pressures, New Study Finds Its Pre-K Lottery Provides Equal — but Not Necessary Equitable — Access

Conor P. Williams
Pandemic

As D.C. Scrambles to Get Thousands of Students Laptops Before Monday Start of School, Many Parents Still in the Dark If Their Kids Will Get Them on Time

Taylor Swaak
Pandemic

Parents and Teachers Want Clarity on Technology Needs as D.C. Delays Reopening Plan by Two Weeks

Taylor Swaak
District of Columbia

An Educator’s View: A Curriculum That Builds Deep Knowledge Is a Critical Tool for Equity, Both for Learning in School and Online

Nadine Moulta-Ali
Pandemic

Balow & Rivera: DeVos Is Trying to Benefit Private Schools by Changing the Rules on Aid to Low-Income Students. This Must Not Happen

Jillian Balow & Pedro Rivera
Pandemic

From Healing Children to Call Center Associate: D.C. School Nurse on the Front Lines Doing ‘Whatever We Need to Do’ for Coronavirus Patients

Taylor Swaak
Pandemic

D.C. Schools Avoided the Draconian Budget Cuts Many U.S. Districts Are Facing: How the City Did It — and What Advocates Say Still Needs to Be Done

Taylor Swaak
District of Columbia

Long: To Improve Our World, Social Justice Must Be at the Heart of What We Teach. We’re Building a School in Washington to Do Just That

Myron Long
Washington D.C.

Marino: D.C. Public Schools Have Seen a Remarkable Turnaround in the Past Two Decades. Here Are 4 Ways to Keep the Progress Going

Maura Marino
Keeping it 100

Let’s Begin Listening to the Voices That Really Matter in the School Choice Movement: Children

Keith Jacobs
Washington D.C.

Williams: Dual Language Immersion Doesn’t Work If English-Speaking Students Are Given Preference

Conor P. Williams
District of Columbia

100 Days Into His Tenure at Scandal-Weary DC Schools, New Chancellor Lewis Ferebee Promises to ‘Move at the Speed of Trust’

Carolyn Phenicie
Every Student Succeeds Act

Analysis: What Do Washington, D.C., School Data Tell Us About Special Education? New Breakdown Has 3 Key Takeaways

Sarah Berger Sandelius
Personalized Learning

At D.C.’s Ingenuity Prep, Personalized Learning Hasn’t Replaced Teacher Time; It’s Put the Focus Back on Small Groups

Emily Langhorne
Washington D.C.

Creating the Next Generation of Digital Innovators at Washington, D.C.’s First Computer Science-Focused Middle School

Emily Langhorne
Washington D.C.

Gill & Murtagh: Trust, Autonomy, Achievement Gap — 3 Areas Where Ferebee’s Work in Indianapolis Could Help Him Succeed as D.C. Chancellor

Sean Gill & Shannon Murtagh
Washington D.C.

Williams: As Washington, D.C., Considers Ramping Up Dual Language Programs, How the Nation’s Capital Can Use Multilingual Instruction as a Tool to Advance Equity

Conor P. Williams
Schools of the Future

Inside One of America’s First Catholic-to-Charter School Conversions: ‘Intentionally Small,’ Built Around Character & Thriving

Emily Langhorne
Washington D.C.

Aldeman & Schmitz: D.C.’s High Teacher Turnover Rate Hurts Educators as Well as Students. Blame the District’s Pension Plan

Chad Aldeman & Kirsten Schmitz
Washington D.C.

Magee: New Chancellor Lewis Ferebee Is the Transformational Leader the D.C. Public Schools Need

Mike Magee
#EDlection2018

‘We Will Get Out the Vote’: D.C. Middle Schoolers Barnstorm College Campus to Get Students to the Polls

Carolyn Phenicie
Washington D.C.

Williams: D.C.’s Vast and Successful Education Reforms Raise the Question: What Next to Close Achievement Gaps?

Conor P. Williams
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