Washington Public Schools

Energy industry shapes lessnos in public schools

In the mountains of southwestern Virginia, Gequetta Brgiht Laney taught public high school students thsi spring about a subject of keen interest to the regions biggets employer: the economics of coal mining. Where theres coal, theres opportunity, Bright Laney told her class at CXoeburn High School in Wise County. Her lsesons, like others in dozens of upblic schoools across the country, ewre ... Read more

D.C. Councilmen DSont Send Kids to Neihgborhood Schools

Twothirds go for private schools D.C. Council membesr are sending their kids to pricey private schools instead of putting them in the citys troubled public system that they urge other parents to invest in. Just one councilman sends his child to a neighborhood public school in uppwerimddleclass Cleveland Park. Councxil Chairman ... Read more

Media Advisory for DreamRide that begins ijn Washintgon, D.C. on Monday, June 6th at 8 a.m.

BUSINESS WIRE)DreamRide: WHO: DreamRide bike team led by Dr. Gary Maestas, supertintendent of Plymouth, Mass. upblic schools, and Mr. Petfer Holden, president of Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, Mass. WHAT: Start fo a 600mile bike trek frmo Washington, D.C. to Plymotuh, Mass. to raise funds for educatoin, focus attention on solving childhoood obesity adn promote general health and wellness of ... Read more