DC Public Schools

As youth violence continues to plague D.C., a program aimed at keeping kids in school and out of trouble is having some success.

Students, teachers and parents from Ben Murch Elementary School in Northwest D.C. got a chance to thank first responders in Fairfax County who showed up after the driver of their charter school bus crashed into a ditch on October 27. As the kindergartners delighted in a tour of the fire station, parents expressed gratitude for all who helped that day….

Students, teachers and parents from Ben Murch Elementary School in Northwest D.C. got a chance to thank first responders in Fairfax County who showed up after the driver of their charter school bus crashed into a ditch on October 27.

The pandemic was a tough time for students and teachers. Virtual learning led to a big drop off in student development. But new numbers from DC Public schools today suggest the school system and its students may be rebounding. News4’s Derrick Ward has more.

The D.C. Council has voted in favor of emergency legislation that would extend the deadline for students to receive their COVID-19 vaccine until September 2023.

A D.C. Public Schools teacher is accused of forcing a 7-year-old boy into a utility closet as punishment. News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke to the boy’s parents.

Public school students showed a dramatic decline in math and reading in their annual assessments, officials say. News4’s Mark Segraves reports what the school system is doing to try to make up for lost learning during the pandemic.

New data shows a dramatic decline in D.C. Public Schools’ students learning since the pandemic and virtual learning began. Students in third through eighth grades, as well as high school students, took assessments in the spring for the first time in two years. The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) on Friday released the results, which show declines...

As students begin to return to the classroom, D.C. is making major changes to the timeline for proof of vaccinations, including against COVID-19. 

Migrant children will be enrolled in D.C. public schools as buses of asylum seekers keep coming. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

Migrant children will be enrolled into D.C.’s public schools as buses carrying asylum seekers continue to come into the nation’s capital. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Tuesday the city would begin to enroll migrant children beginning this week. “School-aged children will go to school. That’s the plan,” Bowser told reporters Tuesday. More than 6,000 adults and children seeking asylum...

D.C. Public Schools is relaxing some rules when it comes to COVID-19 precautions when students return to school in less than two weeks. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

D.C. Public Schools is relaxing some rules when it comes to COVID-19 precautions when students return to school in less than two weeks.

DCPS has announced vaccination and COVID-19 testing requirements.

On Thursday, the CDC released adjusted guidelines for the public, dropping some social distancing and quarantine recommendations but still encouraging masking and testing if exposed to COVID-19.

A new analysis shows D.C. Public Schools is facing a major shortage of substitute teachers before the 2022 school year. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

A new analysis shows District of Columbia Public Schools is facing a major shortage of substitute teachers as the new school year approaches..

A $2 million investment is set to expand school breakfast resources in 104 D.C. public schools where most students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, according to a news release from Mayor Muriel Bowser.

All D.C. students, including those who attend private and charter schools, will need to be up-to-date on their vaccines and immunizations in order to attend school in the fall, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced. Bowser stood alongside school and health officials in front of a large mobile vaccine clinic Monday as she announced that such clinics would go to neighborhoods...

District officials asked students and parents to be respectful to anyone who opts to wear a mask.