- Emma Brown
- Reporter
Emma Brown writes about D.C. schools for The Washington Post. She’s also covered Virginia schools and written obituaries for the newspaper. Before her life as a reporter, she worked as a wilderness ranger in Wyoming and a middle-school math teacher in Alaska.
Meridian continues to examine allegations of test-tampering
Charter school was among four flagged for cheating on 2012 tests, had inexplicably high erasures.
D.C. charter board approves two new schools
The board rejected seven applicants, citing concerns such as inconsistent budgets and vague academic goals.
District releasing up to 16 old school buildings for reuse by charters
Half of the old schools are among those scheduled for closure by June 2014.
D.C. parents fight cuts to Fillmore Arts Center
More than 1,000 people have signed an online petition to save the center from a $300K budget cut.
- DCPS prepares to ‘excess’ fewer than 350 teachers
- Microsoft donates $1 million to help expand ‘blended learning’ in D.C. schools
- Judge declines to block D.C. school closures
- D.C. Council education committee flexes its muscles on school boundaries
- Education digest: D.C. charter board nominees; Md. teacher training
- Thousands participate in Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure
- Judge sharply questions activists seeking to block D.C. school closures
- Partnership aims for hybrid traditional-charter school in Southeast Washington
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