These are our education publications. We have a new Education Policy Initiative that focuses solely on education in the District. To learn more about it, please see the Education Policy Initiative webpage.
In the fall of 2022, public charter schools in D.C. will be able to opt into an at-risk priority in…
D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) and public charter schools shifted to distance learning in the spring of 2020 and largely began…
Washington, D.C. is one of the highest-earning, most educated cities in the country, yet almost 20 percent of families with…
The shift to distance learning due to the coronavirus pandemic in spring of 2020 created access and language barriers for…
On July 30, 2020, Mayor Bowser announced that D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) would begin the 2020-21 school year entirely virtually….
On July 30, 2020, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that public schools in the District would start the academic year…
On July 31, 2020, D.C. Policy Center Director of the Education Policy Initiative Chelsea Coffin testified before the Committee of…
Within schools, student diversity is low in the District of Columbia. The 2018 D.C. Policy Center report, Landscape of Diversity…
The “At-risk priority in D.C.’s common lottery: Potential implications for access and diversity” report explores the implications of implementing a…
