Friday, March 8, 2024
Coffee & Networking 9:30 AM
Program 10:00 – 11:30 AM
MLK Library – 5th Floor Auditorium
901 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Join the D.C. Policy Center in-person on Friday, March 8, 2024 at 9:30 AM at MLK Library’s 5th floor auditorium for the release of our fifth annual State of D.C. Schools report. The report presents a systemwide overview of public education in the District of Columbia. State of D.C. Schools, 2022-23 focuses on the District’s first normal year of in-person school since the pandemic, with a focus on the persistent push for academic recovery and improving attendance.
The event will begin at 9:30 AM with coffee and networking, with the program starting at 10 AM.
Program
Welcome
Yesim Sayin, Executive Director, D.C. Policy Center
Opening remarks
Dr. Christina Grant, State Superintendent, Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)
Introduction to report
Chelsea Coffin, Director of the Education Policy Initiative, D.C. Policy Center
Panel discussion
Hannah Mason, Senior Education Research Analyst, D.C. Policy Center (Moderator)
Paul Kihn, Deputy Mayor for Education, DME
Mashea Ashton, Founder and CEO, Digital Pioneers Academy PCS
Stephanie Griffith-Richardson, Parent Leader, DC PAVE
Jon Rolle, Principal, Garfield Elementary School
Closing remarks
Blake Saddler, Senior, School Without Walls High School