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Lauren Lumpkin

Lauren Lumpkin

Higher Education Reporter at The Washington Post

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Lauren Lumpkin
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D.C. wants to raise college graduation rate to 80 percent by 2050 - The Washington Post

Roughly 18 out of 100 of D.C. ninth-graders finish college within six years of graduating high school, an estimate shows. City leaders want to raise it to 80 percent.
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Rosemount Center to remain open after lease extended for two - The ...

Rosemount Center, a bilingual preschool and day care, will remain open at its Mount Pleasant location for two more years, the school and its landlord announced.
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D.C. students sue over alleged censorship of pro-Palestinian activi...

Students at D.C.’s Jackson-Reed High School claim in a lawsuit that administrators unlawfully censored their speech when they sought to host pro-Palestinian events.
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D.C. is done with PARCC. Meet the city's new end-of-year exam. - Th...

Since 2015, D.C. schools have required students to take an annual standardized test known as PARCC. Now it’s being replaced by DC CAPE. Here’s what’s different.
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Under budget pressure, D.C. public schools may eliminate 200 positi...

The D.C. mayor’s budget request calls for a 12 percent increase to the formula that largely determines how schools are funded. But it’s not enough to stave off cuts.
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D.C. mayor's bill targets truancy, mandates aggressive prosecution ...

The District’s deputy mayor for public safety and justice said she was ‘okay’ if the bill meant more youths would be locked behind bars.
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Advocates worry D.C. early-childhood pay equity fund could face bud...

Some D.C. parents and child-care advocates worry a fund that pays stipends to teachers, caregivers and other adults who work with babies and toddlers may face cuts.

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Bowser shares $4.8 million plan to keep tutoring programs next year...

The announcement from D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser comes in the midst of a tense budget season and fears of cuts
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Christina Grant, a top education leader in D.C., to step down this ...

Grant has led the Office of the State Superintendent of Education since 2021.
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D.C. sued over 'failure' to bus kids with disabilities to and from ...

A group of D.C. parents and a disability rights organization are suing the city over an alleged failure to transport students with special needs to and from school on time.
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At D.C. school oversight hearing, staff cuts and absenteeism among ...

D.C. students, teachers, parents, community leaders and advocates spoke about the education issues they’re most concerned about in a nearly 13-hour hearing.