Dear DC,  I think we need to take a break. It’s not you, it's me.  I know, I know. The past 17 years we’ve had together have been the best years of my life. You’ve introduced me to my favorite...

As the new Jackson-Reed principal Sah Brown says he has three main objectives: build trust, ensure student safety, and uplift the academic environment.  “We're working hard to build a unified school,”...

Before doors opened for students on the first day, Jackson-Reed’s principal, Sah Brown, offered an optional prayer for staff led by Clarence Alston. “[I] offered an optional prayer gathering for...

The majority of the junior class sat in the gym, patiently awaiting to take the SAT. Just outside the doors behind them, an overwhelmed staff was tasked with relaying bad news to 35 students: they would...

The XQ Institute announced the launch of DC+XQ, a partnership with DCPS to “reimagine the high school experience”. Founded in 2015, the XQ Institute is an organization dedicated to rethinking the...

Amid the recent surge of the new COVID variant Omicron causing a rapid increase of COVID cases, DCPS issued a new mandate to alleviate pressure on school officials to manage the abundance of COVID resources...

Within the last year, Wilson high school has seen the increased implementation of Required Curricular Tasks in the core content areas. As Wilson adjusts to the first year back since COVID with in-person...

Although schedule request changes have been closed for the past two weeks, students are still facing immense difficulty trying to get access to the classes they need.  Prior to the first day of school,...