DC Public Schools Opens New School Year with More Programs, Schools, and Supports for Strong Learning on Day One (City of Washington, DC - District of Columbia)

(Source: City of Washington, DC - District of Columbia) Today, 104 schools opened their doors for the first day of school, following 11 extended-year schools that opened on August 8. Continuing the trajectory as the fastest improving urban school district in the country, DC Public Schools is expanding opportunities by opening new schools and programming in School Year 2016-2017. 'This school year will be another year of opportunities for our young people to expand their learning, see the world, and prepare for college and beyond,' said Chancellor Kaya Henderson. 'Whether that's the young men at Ron Brown College Preparatory High School making history as the first class of a new school, or...