Officials in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. decried a pandemic-fueled drop in students’ performance on major national assessments Monday, with some promising to devote money and time to fund tutoring programs that will help children catch up!-->…
The D.C. Board of Elections mailed incorrect ballots to 574 voters, due to mistakes matching residents to their new electoral districts after the city completed its decennial redistricting process several months ago.
A new bill in the D.C. Council would open up the city to multiple mobile sports betting apps, effectively undoing the virtual monopoly currently held by the D.C. Lottery and its widely criticized GambetDC app.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a damning indictment of the DC Housing Authority (DCHA) this month, confirming what my office, the D.C. auditor and residents have been saying for years: DCHA is failing tenants.
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No District official ever wants the federal government poking around in D.C.’s back yard. Sometimes, however, as in the case of the D.C. Housing Authority, a public record and a culture of failure becomes so glaring that the feds are!-->…
What’s known as “the nation’s report card” is in, and it’s not good news for students in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, who had some of the biggest declines in scores in the nation.
Math and reading scores for many students in D.C. area have largely declined, with the region’s most vulnerable students experiencing more significant declines than their peers, according to the latest standardized test data released!-->…
D.C. public school students, as well as public charter students, saw some of the nation's biggest declines in math scores in 2022, per a national report out today.
When it comes to economic mobility for young people, their neighborhood and the education it affords are important, but not as important as their social network. A new study from economist Raj Chetty shows who one interacts with while!-->…
District students experienced greater drops in math and reading test scores during the pandemic than the national average or the big city average, according to newly released results on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
News Release — DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday, Oct. 24, 2022
CONTACT: Fred Lewis
Today, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) announced the results from!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
A new fund targeting health disparities in the District announced its first grantees this week, including an organization that helps low-income people tackle medical debt and one that helps women of color create wealth after incarceration.!-->…