D.C. is one of six jurisdictions in the country to get the $21 million federal GEAR UP grant through which middle schoolers in lower-income communities will get support over a six-year period to get into and graduate from college.

District officials say that while results from this year’s statewide assessments are “encouraging,” students are still recovering from pandemic-era learning loss.

The D.C. Council could vote on Nov. 1 on whether or not to extend the COVID vaccine mandate for students.

There are clinics all over the city, ahead of vaccination compliance deadlines from D.C. Public Schools.

The first batch of standardized test results since the pandemic began confirms that the city’s most at-risk students fell furthest behind in the past two years.

Some families have welcomed the decision to lift masking requirements, others are struggling to embrace the change.

Schools would have to start enforcing the mandate in the 2022-2023 academic year.

Fifty-one percent of K-2 students were reading on grade level in the spring, an 18 percentage point drop from the same time in 2019.

School nurses provided through the city are not monitoring or treating students exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms, according to several school leaders.

The decision to cancel the exams this year is a relief to many teachers and parents.