On June 3, 2021, D.C. Policy Center Education Policy Initiative Director Chelsea Coffin testified at the Committee of the Whole…

To help schools and students cope with the extreme challenges created by COVID-19, the U.S. Department of Education awarded three…

High school students in D.C. have been especially impacted by the pandemic. In an EmpowerK12 survey of 2,500 public charter…

For students at District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), and many public charter schools, the 2020-21 school year will end…

By Ashley Simpson Baird, Jamie Fragale, and Dwayne Smith The disproportionate health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 health pandemic…

On March 24, 2020 – exactly one year ago – D.C. public schools and many public charter schools began their…

On March 17, 2021, Chelsea Coffin, Director of the Education Policy Initiative, testified before the District’s State Board of Education…

State of D.C. Schools, 2019-20 is an annual systemwide overview of education in the District of Columbia. Its main purpose…

The pandemic has upended lives across the country including in the District of Columbia. D.C.’s public school students have been…