This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAs many as 2,000 demonstrators descended on Washington on Tuesday, the largest and most boisterous crowd to gather in the nation’s capital during five straight days of protests over George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody.Banging on fences erected near the White House and marching through the city to the U.S. Capitol, the largely peaceful protesters included high schoolers and stay-at-home moms, young parents and toddlers, elderly couples and large families. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spoke with...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAs many as 2,000 demonstrators descended on Washington on Tuesday, the largest and most boisterous crowd to gather in the nation’s capital during five straight days of protests over George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody.Banging on fences erected near the White House and marching through the city to the U.S. Capitol, the largely peaceful protesters included high schoolers and stay-at-home moms, young parents and toddlers, elderly couples and large families. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spoke with...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareOnline classes in the District of Columbia in spring had been a disaster. Thousands of students . Many were falling behind. So as spring gave way to summer, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) was determined to open schools again.By mid-July, she had a plan. But it depended on cooperation of the teachers, and their union responded with protests.Hours before the mayor was to make an announcement, she said she needed more time.The city spent the next five months trying to bring students and teachers back to classrooms. A combination...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareOnline classes in the District of Columbia in spring had been a disaster. Thousands of students . Many were falling behind. So as spring gave way to summer, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) was determined to open schools again.By mid-July, she had a plan. But it depended on cooperation of the teachers, and their union responded with protests.Hours before the mayor was to make an announcement, she said she needed more time.The city spent the next five months trying to bring students and teachers back to classrooms. A combination...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareD.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Thursday that schools in the nation’s capital would start the 2020-2021 academic year all-virtual, a scenario that the city’s leaders had been trying to avoid.The decision isn’t a surprise. Coronavirus infection numbers are on the rise in the D.C. region, and neighboring school districts in Maryland and Northern Virginia have already canceled plans for in-person classes in the fall, saying they will begin with distance learning.But still, in a school district where most students...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareD.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Thursday that schools in the nation’s capital would start the 2020-2021 academic year all-virtual, a scenario that the city’s leaders had been trying to avoid.The decision isn’t a surprise. Coronavirus infection numbers are on the rise in the D.C. region, and neighboring school districts in Maryland and Northern Virginia have already canceled plans for in-person classes in the fall, saying they will begin with distance learning.But still, in a school district where most students...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe chancellor of D.C.’s public school system announced Monday that he will abandon plans to bring thousands of mostly high-needs elementary students back to classrooms next week after talks with the teachers union collapsed. The reversal came as educators staged a sick-in, forcing the cancellation of online lessons.Even as other big-city districts in the country have found ways to bring at least some students back into classes during the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee said D.C. Public Schools will...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe chancellor of D.C.’s public school system announced Monday that he will abandon plans to bring thousands of mostly high-needs elementary students back to classrooms next week after talks with the teachers union collapsed. The reversal came as educators staged a sick-in, forcing the cancellation of online lessons.Even as other big-city districts in the country have found ways to bring at least some students back into classes during the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee said D.C. Public Schools will...WW…