- NBC4 Washington Graduation fees for some D.C. high school seniors have reached $400 - a number students and their parents find overwhelming. The costs include their participation in their school's cap and gown ceremonies. "It's kind of scary to think you've done all you can do and...
Through a generous donation by the Abramson Family Foundation, students at Cardozo Senior High School in Northwest will now be able to help pay for their college tuition with a scholarship through the District of Columbia College Access Program (DC-CAP). The Tower Scholarship will award $5,000...
Ever since D.C. Chancellor Kaya Henderson announced plans to close 15 city schools, activists and politicians have peppered her with different versions of the same question: How will she persuade students from closed schools to stay within DCPS instead of fleeing to charters? Read More [post_view]...
Teachers, Authors, and Musicians comment on images and quotes during the Gallery Walk at the Teach the Beat: Go-Go in DC (Feb. 16) seminar co-hosted by Teaching for Change, DC Public Schools, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the authors of The...
The deepening reach of the movement to develop free Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, is taking a new path with two historically Black public universities seeking partnerships with Udacity, one of the leading MOOC platform organizations. One of the schools, the Baltimore-based Morgan State University,...
Seat Pleasant Elementary School in Maryland will be honored in a ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 6 as the recipient of a Title 1 Superlative Award. Maryland State Superintendent Dr. Lillian Lowery will be a participant in the event, which begins at 11:45 a.m. at the...
After not placing in his eighth-grade science fair, Tony Hansberry was determined to do better the following year. He got an idea from an administrator at Shands Hospital -- where he'd interned -- and in the ninth grade created a procedure that he presented to...
[caption id="attachment_79161" align="alignnone" width="442" caption="Click flier for larger size"][/caption] DC Mayor Gray announces Langdon Park to be renamed "Chuck Brown Memorial Park" near 20th, Franklin & Girard St NE. THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 26th (11AM-8PM)>>> Come Join the DiamondStar Divas & Unique Cutz Barbershop as we are one...
DC public schools are planning to test students on their knowledge of human sexuality, contraception and drug use this spring. According to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, the exam will be the first standardized test on health and sex education in the country....
TEACH THE BEAT (with your help) Overall Goals: To develop 10 standards-based, interactive and field-tested lesson units that can be used in high school social studies, language arts, amth, music, and/or DC History classes. Scope: Process: A project coordinator with curriculum development and teaching experience and a team...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - More than 100 students, parents and teachers marched in protest outside McKinley Technical High School in Northeast D.C. on Monday morning. The group remains upset over the firing of more than 200 teachers last Friday. Now, D.C. City Councilmember Marion Barry is calling...
Washington, DC - The dust has cleared and the tear gas cleared away, after an angry confrontation between students and police at McKinley Tech High school. But some of the riffed school employees cleaning out their desks are vowing to take legal action and continue...
WASHINGTON - Some Washington school teachers headed back to their class rooms for the last time over the weekend. Teachers who were laid off Friday were told they could come back to school Saturday to clean out their classrooms and offices. But at McKinley Tech arriving...