Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Coffee & Networking 9:30 AM
Program 10:00 – 11:30 AM
MLK Library – 5th Floor Auditorium
901 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Join the D.C. Policy Center in-person on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM at MLK Library’s 5th floor auditorium for the release of our sixth annual State of D.C. Schools report. The report presents a systemwide overview of public education in the District of Columbia. State of D.C. Schools, 2023-24 focuses on the evolving role of school, with a focus on modest gains and signs of strong system health.
The event will begin at 9:30 AM with coffee and networking, with the program starting at 10 AM.
Program
Welcome
Yesim Sayin, Executive Director, D.C. Policy Center
Opening remarks
Dr. Antoinette Mitchell, Interim Superintendent, Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)
Introduction to report
Chelsea Coffin, Director of the Education Policy Initiative, D.C. Policy Center
Panel discussion
Hannah Mason, Senior Education Research Analyst, D.C. Policy Center (Moderator)
Elizabeth Ross, Assistant Superintendent, Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)
Raymond Weeden, Executive Director, Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School
Katreena Shelby, Principal, Kramer Middle School
Dominque Moore, DC PAVE Parent Leaders in Education Board Member
Dr. Reuben Jacobson, Director, Education Policy and Leadership at American University
Closing remarks
Calique Barnes, Student representative, DC State Board of Education (SBOE)
Adjourn
Yesim Sayin