Education

The graduation rate for public charter schools over a four year period for academic year 2017-2018 has come out at 72.4 percent, while the graduation rate for the state for both public charter schools and DCPS has dropped by 3.9 percent to 68.5 percent this year, according to a report published by D.C. Public Charter School Board.

Kelly Harper, a third grade teacher at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School in Ward 6, has been awarded the 2019 D.C. Teacher of the Year Award by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Rachel Tommelleo, the principal of Center City Schools' Brightwood Campus has won the Milken Educator Award which comes with a cash prize of $25,000.

A group of D.C. students from Thurgood Marshall Academy, a Southeast D.C. charter school, met with city leaders Thursday seeking solutions to gun violence after their classmates died in homicide incidents.

A lawsuit on Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. heard the coalition of D.C. charter schools who argued before the judges that the city is unequally funding the education of over 90,000 students in the district schools in violation of the law.

The elementary, middle and high schools of Friendship Public Charter School (FPCS) have been awarded Tier 1 distinction, which is the highest performance rating given by the D.C. Public Charter School Board (DCPCSB).

Three mothers in DC have come up with an initiative called DC Food Project which is meant to cut down on food waste and keep the spare food for children and families from disadvantaged backgrounds

Northeast D.C. community’s Aiton Elementary School has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Washington Redskins football team. The grant was announced on Sunday evening as the team played against Dallas Cowboys.