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 two years since a graduation controversy at Ballou High School exposed a serious student absenteeism problem across the…
ABOUT THIS REPORT This State of D.C. Schools report is a systemwide overview of education in D.C. meant to help…
This post originally appeared on the Urban Institute’s Greater DC blog. D.C.’s school choice policies allow families to send…
The recent D.C. Policy Center report, Access to schools that level the playing field for D.C.’s at-risk students, examined where…
The D.C. Policy Center report “Access to schools that level the playing field for D.C.’s at-risk students” examines where in…
Since the mid-2000s, the District of Columbia has experienced a population boom accompanied by rising housing values—and, in recent years,…
The D.C. Policy Center report “D.C.’s disconnect between citywide enrollment growth and neighborhood change” examines changes in enrollment, school-age population,…
On June 5, 2019, D.C. Policy Center Director of the Education Policy Initiative Chelsea Coffin testified on PR23-0193, The “Master…
Population growth in the District of Columbia is slowing and migration patterns are changing. Population growth in 2018 was 2,400…
