Lewis Ferebee

This holiday season, DC Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee could make a decision that would build trust and show some of our city’s most vulnerable students that, on his watch, their voices and needs will be prioritized. He can do this by…

Students, parents, teachers and community members on Monday night urged against the proposed closure of Washington Metropolitan High School, which some say suffers from lack of investment from DC Public Schools. “Nobody’s listening to…

One of Holly Searl’s goals this year as principal of John W. Ross Elementary School is to have lunch with each of her students. Earlier this month, though, it was a breakfast of coffee and doughnuts for the Dupont Circle school’s parents…

Many DC students returning to school on Monday will find new classrooms, new programming space and new greenery on campuses across the District, thanks to $450 million worth of modernization projects completed over the summer. The…

A little over three months into his tenure as the DC Public Schools chancellor, Lewis Ferebee used Teacher Appreciation Week as a chance to shadow 2018 DCPS Teacher of the Year Lakeisha Brown and tour Ward 4’s Lafayette Elementary School,…

Absenteeism, safe transportation to schools and principal retention are the “top of mind” priorities for new DC Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee, he told members of the State Board of Education at their working session this month. …

There is no national issue more critical in the African-American community today than improving the quality of education offered to our young men and women. Whether we’re talking about DC or Indianapolis, we know that if we do not…