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I have been a native Washingtonian and a Ward 7 resident my entire life. From my first day attending Beers Elementary School as a child, to sending my oldest son to his first day of middle school at Inspired Teaching PCS, I have seen the complete evolution of our public education system. My passion for advocacy […]

As a DC native and Ward 7 resident, I am truly invested in what is happening in my community. Particularly as a parent, I want to make sure that my boys are afforded opportunities that lead them to become successful men. I started to get involved in my sons’ education by becoming a member of KIPP Parents […]

Washington Latin Public Charter School provides a rigorous, traditional classical curriculum to children from all parts of Washington DC. It’s one of the growing number of DC public charter schools that’s diverse both ethnically and economically, and it’s providing my two daughters a quality education. I’ve been closely involved with Washington Latin over the years: from helping Latin get a certificate […]

I have worked within the DC political ecosystem in one way or another since 1999, starting in Mayor Anthony Williams’ administration. Although my world was policy and politics, I never paid much attention to DC’s education system, and more specifically, the “new” public charter school movement. That all changed in August of 2009 when I […]

My name is LaJoy Johnson-Law (everyone just calls me Ms. Law) and I am a resident of Ward 8. I have a 5-year-old daughter named Abria, and she attends Rocketship Rise Academy in Ward 8. As a parent leader in the community, I feel there is a strong need for parent voice in education. There […]

Although I am not a native Washingtonian, I have called DC home for a major portion of my life. When my husband and I moved to DC, we selected where we would live based on what we could afford and where we worked. When we started our family, the thought of finding the right school […]

I am a fifth-generation Washingtonian and I come from a long line of educators, so education has been highly valued in my family for generations. We were taught that a fine education could take you anywhere you wanted to go in life, and that no one could ever take it away. So when our son […]

I have lived in Adams Morgan in Ward 1 since 1998, and am fortunate to have Oyster-Adams Bilingual School as my DCPS neighborhood school. My husband is of Cuban descent, and therefore bilingual education has been a priority for my girls, now 11 and 13. While Oyster-Adams is a great environment for my youngest, when […]