Maisha Riddlesprigger

Maisha Riddlesprigger, this year’s DC Public Schools Principal of the Year, never set out for a career in education. Although she grew up among a family of teachers in Fresno, California — where her father was a professor at a community…

When DC Public Schools honored teachers and administrators at the Standing Ovation ceremony earlier this month, they capped off a challenging year for the school system. Last year DCPS was at the center of a scandal involving inflated…