Education

Jerrell King, a 15-year-old junior at Friendship Tech Prep Academy in Southeast, has won a Google Science Fair competition besting other Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) scholars from across the District.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine on Wednesday announced the filing of lawsuits against seven people who are accused of showing false proof of residence in the District in order to send their children to D.C. public schools for free.

The District of Columbia has received a "B+" grade, the highest grade given, for keeping dangerous levels of lead out of school drinking supplies, according to a new report entitled “Get the Lead Out” released on March 21 by the Environment America Research & Policy Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund.

A total of 10 D.C. students have been granted a full-ride, $280,000 scholarships to fund their college education at George Washington University, ABC7 reported on March 20.

Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business has been ranked No. 1 business school in Greater Washington, according to the recently released U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings.

The National Children’s Museum will be reopening in November in a 33,000-square foot space in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest.

In Washington, D.C., 58 percent of the individuals taking the U.S. citizenship test have failed, according to a new survey conducted among 41,000 Americans by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

The University of Florida has opened a new office, “UF Office of Federal Relations”, in Washington, D.C. last week. The new office space is located in the Hall of the States Building just a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol Building.