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D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee (third from left), D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (center), D.C. Department of General Services Director Keith A. Anderson (third from right) and D.C. Council member Trayon White (far right) cut the ribbon in celebration of Phase I of the newly modernized Bard High School Early College DC on Jan. 5. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Community, Education, Local

Bard High School Early College DC Moves to Congress Heights

by Sam P.K. CollinsJanuary 5, 2023January 5, 2023

From left: Charles Boston hosted an arboriculture internship with Anthony Smith, Nashaud McGill and Jasean Fulmore, along with a few other students. (Photo by City Dreamz Entertainment LLC)

Education, Local

EXCLUSIVE: D.C. Government and Local Colleges Collaborate to Meet Student Demand

by Sam P.K. CollinsDecember 30, 2022December 30, 2022

Shannon Turner (left), coordinator of recruitment and college matriculation at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Maryland, and Raymond Harrod, dual enrollment program manager (Photo by City Dreamz Entertainment LLC)

Education, Local, Prince George's County

Prince George’s Community College Answers the Call for Flexibility and Dual Enrollment

by Sam P.K. CollinsDecember 30, 2022December 30, 2022

**FILE** A bill floating through Congress would raise the minimum wage for K-12 teachers to $60,000 annually. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Education, National, Stacy M. Brown

Congress Considers Bill Making $60K the Minimum Salary for K-12 Teachers

by Stacy M. BrownDecember 21, 2022December 22, 2022

**FILE** Claudine Gay (Lhampt1 via Wikimedia Commons)

Black Experience, Education

Claudine Gay Named as Harvard University’s First Black President

by Stacy M. BrownDecember 16, 2022December 16, 2022

Members of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts (DESA) community, including senior vocal student Jonathan Hobbs (pictured), fear that a District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) takeover would eradicate DESA’s dual-curriculum arts programming. (Photo by Robert Roberts)

Education, Local

EXCLUSIVE: Duke Ellington School of the Arts Pushes Back Against DCPS’ Attempt to Take Control

by Sam P.K. CollinsDecember 14, 2022January 24, 2023

Opal Lee, known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," reads to students at the Excel Academy Public School for Girls in southeast D.C. on Dec. 7. (Marckell Williams/The Washington Informer)

Education, Local

Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, Visits Excel Academy Public School for Girls

by Sam P.K. CollinsDecember 8, 2022December 8, 2022

Eliot-Hine Middle School faculty and staff attend a STEM Forward assembly on Dec. 5 with 10-time Olympic medal-winning swimmer Katie Ledecky (second from right), who sat with students (from left) Sebastian Rodriguez Garzon, Maiya Stover and Xaxier Iemus Reyes. (Marckell Williams/The Washington Informer)

Education, Local, Sports

Katie Ledecky Conducts STEM Presentation at Eliot-Hine Middle School

by Sam P.K. CollinsDecember 7, 2022December 7, 2022

**FILE** Parent volunteers join D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser at the start of the school year to help kids commute safely as part of the city’s Safe Passage Program. (WI photo)

Amid Violence, Parents and Business Owners Demand Stronger Safe Passage Program

by Sam P.K. CollinsNovember 30, 2022December 1, 2022

Virginia parents and teachers rallied earlier this school year, some opposing the changes Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants to make to the history curriculum. (Courtesy photo)

Education, Local

Teachers Rail Against Virginia Gov. Youngkin’s Proposed Curriculum Updates

by Sam P.K. CollinsNovember 30, 2022November 30, 2022