There soon could be a new social studies option for students in D.C. public and charter schools. Ward 5 Council member Kenyan McDuffie introduced a bill last week to implement an African-American and cultural studies course in all high schools by fall 2022. The course would be counted as part of the promotion requirements toward graduation. “It’s important, I think,...

A D.C. Council member is pushing a plan to introduce African-American and cultural studies curriculum in all high schools. News4’s Juliana Valencia shows us how a similar program is already teaching and inspiring students.

An 8-year-old boy went missing from a D.C. school for several hours after a child welfare worker who went to pick up one child accidentally left with another. The child was picked up from Tubman Elementary School in Columbia Heights on Jan. 31, school principal Amanda Delabar said in a letter shared with parents on Monday, more than a week…