District leaders linked school attendance to crime, but failure to reduce absenteeism in middle schools yielded the biggest youth crime surge in a generation.

Students in D.C. Public Schools will no longer be permitted to use their cellphones during the school day starting this fall, ...

I woke up that evening, dazed and tangled in wires, my dad standing over me, worried to tears. I had no idea what was going ...

We asked middle school students to explain, in their words, what it’s like to grow up in the city. These students live, attend school or use public transportation in areas of the District that have ...