Forum: Washington, DC

From Washington Post by Emma Brown: D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and Mayor Vincent Gray showed up unannounced at Hope Harrod’s classroom...

From Washington Post by T. Rees Shapiro: The Fairfax County School Board’s governance committee is recommending that the admissions policy for the...

From Washington Post by Jay Mathews: Strangers often ask me how to pick a good school. They are transferring into the area or moving from one local...

From Washington Post by Anita Kinney: Yes, Virginia, Thomas Jefferson High School For Science and Technology Had a Hispanic Student Body President...

From Washington Post by Emma Brown:The disproportionately low number of black and Latino students admitted to Fairfax County’s prestigious Thomas...

From Washington Post by Emma Brown: One key group that has shaped the debate over overhauling the admissions policy at the prestigious Thomas...

From Washington Post by Michael Alison Chandler: In Elise Carter’s second-grade class, some students still write their numbers backward or look at...

From Washington Post by Cecilia Kang: The sixth-graders are lighting up the room with their MacBook Airs, flipped open to Google, Wikipedia and...

From Washington Post by Bill Turque: D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson introduced a new five-year plan Wednesday that calls for...

From Washington Post by Bill Turque: Chancellor Kaya Henderson, nearing the end of her first full school year as leader of DCPS, is committing the...

From Washington Post by Ian Shapira: Michael Wattendorf, a senior at Northern Virginia’s super-selective Thomas Jefferson High School for Science...

From Washington Post by Emma Brown:A new player is entering the crowded field of businesses that aim to help eighth-grade students improve their...

From Washington Post by Bill Turque:By the end of her second year at MacFarland Middle School, fifth-grade teacher Sarah Wysocki was coming into her...

From Washington Post by Bill Turque: I sat down with Chancellor Kaya Henderson on Monday, the day before her comments to the Education Department...