Forum: Washington, DC

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From the Atlantic by Adam Harris: At Sidwell Friends, the high school of Chelsea Clinton and the Obama children, college counselors find themselves...

From Washington Post by Emma Brown and Peyton M. Craighill: The share of District residents who think that the city’s public schools are performing...

From Washington Post by Emma Brown: Half the principals in the District’s traditional public schools were deemed “developing” — one rung above...

From Washington Post by Emma Brown: Principals at some D.C. elementary schools cut recess time this year to 15 minutes per day to meet new citywide...

From Washington Post by Emma Brown: Teachers in the District’s traditional public schools earn more than their counterparts at nearly every D.C....

From Washington Post by Emma Brown: Local and federal officials are scrutinizing BASIS DC, a charter school known for its accelerated curriculum and...

From Education Week by Catherine Gewertz: The big clock in Dowan McNair-Lee's 8th grade classroom is silent, but she can hear the minutes ticking...

From Washington Post by Emma Brown: It’s the latest sign that the District is on track to become a city where a majority of children are educated...

From Washington Post by Susan Svrluga and T. Rees Shapiro: One question kept coming up between Loudoun and Prince William school board members at a...

From Washington Post by Emma Brown: D.C. high school students would have to study more art and music, get more physical exercise and complete a...

From Washington Post by Emma Brown: Chancellor Kaya Henderson announced Thursday that she has decided to shutter15 D.C. schools for low enrollment,...

From Washington Post by Emma Brown:The District’s public charter schools have expelled students at a far higher rate than the city’s traditional...

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...