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…

On March 9, 2021, Chelsea Coffin, Director of the Education Policy Initiative, testified before the D.C. Council Committee of the…

Most students in the District of Columbia have been learning from home since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March of…

This publication draws on the D.C. Policy Center report, Guidance from the District’s public schools to the future research-practice partnership:…

In D.C., students are required to receive certain vaccines to attend school,[1] a practice that increases community protections against potentially…

The public health and economic crises caused by COVID-19 have created additional challenges for students who are navigating the transition…