A parent at a DC middle school is urging staff to reconsider its new curriculum, which removes all full-length novels from the 8th grade curriculum
Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels
Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels
Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels
Many parents like myself were shocked by a recent change to the English curriculum at Alice Deal Middle School.
51st.news
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A parent at a DC middle school is urging staff to reconsider its new curriculum, which removes all full-length novels from the 8th grade curriculum
Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels
Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels
ICE then issued a statement that they weren't there to actually "detain" anybody. This is clearly contradicted by videos, witnesses, and a statement by DCPS headquarters. ICE was there for an abduction, people ran out and confronted them, so they left.
March 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
ICE then issued a statement that they weren't there to actually "detain" anybody. This is clearly contradicted by videos, witnesses, and a statement by DCPS headquarters. ICE was there for an abduction, people ran out and confronted them, so they left.
I wrote an op-ed for The 51st arguing that DCPS middle-schoolers need to be reading full-length novels to build concentration, empathy, and strong foundational reading skills
51st.news/opinion-dcps...
51st.news/opinion-dcps...
Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels
Many parents like myself were shocked by a recent change to the English curriculum at Alice Deal Middle School.
51st.news
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I wrote an op-ed for The 51st arguing that DCPS middle-schoolers need to be reading full-length novels to build concentration, empathy, and strong foundational reading skills
51st.news/opinion-dcps...
51st.news/opinion-dcps...
“Even after the D.C. Council set aside additional funds to continue green card sponsorships, DCPS says it simply won’t spend the money.”
DCPS reneged on its promise to help hundreds of international teachers secure a green card. Many may now be forced to leave the country. Read the full story from @maustermuhle.bsky.social 51st.news/dc-green-car...
DCPS promised them green cards. Now, these international teachers have nowhere to turn
More than 200 teachers may soon have to leave the country because of what they say are broken promises from the city's school system.
51st.news
October 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“Even after the D.C. Council set aside additional funds to continue green card sponsorships, DCPS says it simply won’t spend the money.”
on a personal note, my wife is a DCPS teacher who has been evaluated to perform at the highest level every year since DCPS started doing evaluations.
There’s a real chance she’ll get fired in the middle of the school year if the R CR passes and DC has to cut a billion dollars overnight
There’s a real chance she’ll get fired in the middle of the school year if the R CR passes and DC has to cut a billion dollars overnight
March 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
on a personal note, my wife is a DCPS teacher who has been evaluated to perform at the highest level every year since DCPS started doing evaluations.
There’s a real chance she’ll get fired in the middle of the school year if the R CR passes and DC has to cut a billion dollars overnight
There’s a real chance she’ll get fired in the middle of the school year if the R CR passes and DC has to cut a billion dollars overnight
Dcps..... Mais na minha mente eles já casaram a séculos...
September 23, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Dcps..... Mais na minha mente eles já casaram a séculos...
Since about 2001, in many schools across the country, literacy instruction has become less systematic — and less effective, a local teacher writes.
How she says DCPS and the DCPS Reading Clinic have charted a different path:
How she says DCPS and the DCPS Reading Clinic have charted a different path:
Opinion: DCPS is making needed progress on early childhood literacy
The DCPS Reading Clinic is working for young D.C. students, writes an English language support teacher.
51st.news
April 20, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Since about 2001, in many schools across the country, literacy instruction has become less systematic — and less effective, a local teacher writes.
How she says DCPS and the DCPS Reading Clinic have charted a different path:
How she says DCPS and the DCPS Reading Clinic have charted a different path:
would guess that operating costs for National Guard in DC exceed operating costs for DCPS
July 25, 2026 at 5:47 PM
would guess that operating costs for National Guard in DC exceed operating costs for DCPS
Gotta love seeing the VP’s kid pull-up for a soccer game at your kid’s DCPS. Hope you enjoy using the facilities your dad is actively working to destroy, kid!
April 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Gotta love seeing the VP’s kid pull-up for a soccer game at your kid’s DCPS. Hope you enjoy using the facilities your dad is actively working to destroy, kid!
DCPS is still in session!
June 15, 2026 at 12:15 PM
DCPS is still in session!
Pour one out for DCPS parents, who have not had kids in school for a full 5-day week since the second week of January (two total 5-day weeks since mid-December).
NWS has updated their alerts for the storm:
* Beltway area is now under a Winter Weather Advisory.
* A more significant Winter Storm Warning for areas W, N, E, and SE of Beltway area, where NWS expects heavier snow that could reach or exceed 5"
* Blizzard Warning on the Eastern Shore (yikes!!)
* Beltway area is now under a Winter Weather Advisory.
* A more significant Winter Storm Warning for areas W, N, E, and SE of Beltway area, where NWS expects heavier snow that could reach or exceed 5"
* Blizzard Warning on the Eastern Shore (yikes!!)
February 21, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Pour one out for DCPS parents, who have not had kids in school for a full 5-day week since the second week of January (two total 5-day weeks since mid-December).
My kids go to Spanish dual-language schools in DCPS with wonderful teachers, and this will hurt DC kids.
DCPS promised them green cards. Now, these international teachers have nowhere to turn.
More than 200 teachers may soon have to leave the country because of what they say are broken promises from the city's school system.
51st.news
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
My kids go to Spanish dual-language schools in DCPS with wonderful teachers, and this will hurt DC kids.
Glad my kid’s DCPS 2nd grade classroom can’t afford pencils without PTA donations but at least we have the National Guard rolling through the streets for no reason.
August 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Glad my kid’s DCPS 2nd grade classroom can’t afford pencils without PTA donations but at least we have the National Guard rolling through the streets for no reason.
Tell it to my DCPS kid, you coward.
UPDATE: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, said he plans to vote for a Republican bill to fund the government through September, paving the way for other Democrats to join him.
Senate Democrats signal plans to advance GOP bill to avoid a government shutdown
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, said he plans to vote for a Republican bill to fund the government through September, paving the way for other Democrats to join him.
www.npr.org
March 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Tell it to my DCPS kid, you coward.
Interesting: One of the biggest users of H1-B visas in D.C. is @dcpublicschools.bsky.social, which got 183 in 2024 and 2025 so far. (DCPS appears in two separate categories below; I combined them.) If $100,000 fee for new visa applications goes into effect, I bet DCPS will use far fewer.
September 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Interesting: One of the biggest users of H1-B visas in D.C. is @dcpublicschools.bsky.social, which got 183 in 2024 and 2025 so far. (DCPS appears in two separate categories below; I combined them.) If $100,000 fee for new visa applications goes into effect, I bet DCPS will use far fewer.
Some 200 teachers who took jobs with DCPS under the expectation that the school system would sponsor a green card are now facing uncertain futures.
Even after the D.C. Council set aside additional funds for the program, DCPS says it won’t spend the money, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
Even after the D.C. Council set aside additional funds for the program, DCPS says it won’t spend the money, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
DCPS promised them green cards. Now, these international teachers have nowhere to turn.
More than 200 teachers may soon have to leave the country because of what they say are broken promises from the city's school system.
51st.news
October 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Some 200 teachers who took jobs with DCPS under the expectation that the school system would sponsor a green card are now facing uncertain futures.
Even after the D.C. Council set aside additional funds for the program, DCPS says it won’t spend the money, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
Even after the D.C. Council set aside additional funds for the program, DCPS says it won’t spend the money, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
#tdih 1964 @dcpublicschools.bsky.social assistant superintendent DCPS & WWII veteran, Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn, shot & killed by KKK while driving home from reserve training at Fort Benning, Georgia. 💔
Father of 3, his wife (49) died a year later, friends said of grief. #TeachTruth
Read ⬇️
Father of 3, his wife (49) died a year later, friends said of grief. #TeachTruth
Read ⬇️
July 11, 1964: Lemuel Penn Killed
Athens-area Ku Klux Klan members shot and killed WWII veteran and DCPS assistant superintendent Lemuel Penn.
www.zinnedproject.org
July 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
#tdih 1964 @dcpublicschools.bsky.social assistant superintendent DCPS & WWII veteran, Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn, shot & killed by KKK while driving home from reserve training at Fort Benning, Georgia. 💔
Father of 3, his wife (49) died a year later, friends said of grief. #TeachTruth
Read ⬇️
Father of 3, his wife (49) died a year later, friends said of grief. #TeachTruth
Read ⬇️
As a parent of a now middle-schooler, I'm really hoping and expecting that by the time she hits 8th grade she's reading novels in school. But that's not happening everywhere in D.C., as I learned from this informative op-ed in @51st.news: 51st.news/opinion-dcps...
Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels
Many parents like myself were shocked by a recent change to the English curriculum at Alice Deal Middle School.
51st.news
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
As a parent of a now middle-schooler, I'm really hoping and expecting that by the time she hits 8th grade she's reading novels in school. But that's not happening everywhere in D.C., as I learned from this informative op-ed in @51st.news: 51st.news/opinion-dcps...
DCPS is a rare urban public school system where white enrollment is rising, and many individual schools are becoming more integrated.
dclocal.substack.com/p/how-and-wh...
dclocal.substack.com/p/how-and-wh...
How and where DCPS demographics are shifting
White families are actually enrolling in DCPS — bucking the national trend where gentrification bypasses public schools. What's driving it, and what it means.
dclocal.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:48 PM
DCPS is a rare urban public school system where white enrollment is rising, and many individual schools are becoming more integrated.
dclocal.substack.com/p/how-and-wh...
dclocal.substack.com/p/how-and-wh...
Ok DC parents. At what time will the call come re DCPS is cancelled tomorrow re snow? Kids are already planning their day.
February 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Ok DC parents. At what time will the call come re DCPS is cancelled tomorrow re snow? Kids are already planning their day.
DCPS has issued the following statement on the attempted kidnapping:
March 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
DCPS has issued the following statement on the attempted kidnapping:
September 28, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Scoop: DCPS closed tomorrow
January 27, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Scoop: DCPS closed tomorrow
when the programmer announces the 35mm will be replaced by DCPs:
August 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
when the programmer announces the 35mm will be replaced by DCPs: