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  2. District of Columbia Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    Composition and enrollment. It is the sole public school district in the District of Columbia. [2] As of 2013, the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) consisted of 111 [3] [4] of the 238 public elementary and secondary schools and learning centers in Washington, D.C. These schools span prekindergarten to twelfth grade.

  3. Columbia Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    Columbia 93 School District, [1] also known as the Columbia Public School District, is located in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. The district is Accredited with Distinction by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 19,052 students are enrolled as of 2020. [2] [3] The district has four high schools, seven middle ...

  4. Government of the District of Columbia - Wikipedia

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    For example, the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is the local public school system and answers to the Mayor through the Deputy Mayor for Education. However, the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board (PCSB) was created in 1996 as a second, independent agency with authorization authority for public charter schools.

  5. District of Columbia Public Charter School Board - Wikipedia

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    The District of Columbia Public Charter School Board ( DC PCSB) is the regulatory authority and sole authorizer of all public charter schools in Washington, D.C. It provides oversight to 69 independently-run nonprofits (also referred to as local education agencies or LEAs) and 135 public charter schools which educate more than 45,000 students ...

  6. District of Columbia home rule - Wikipedia

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    On December 24, 1973, Congress enacted the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, providing for a popularly elected mayor and 13-member Council. [27] Each of the district's eight wards elects a single member of the council and five members, including the chairman, are elected at large. [28]

  7. Michelle Rhee - Wikipedia

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    Michelle Ann Rhee (born December 25, 1969) is an American educator and advocate for education reform. [1] She was Chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools from 2007 to 2010. In late 2010, she founded StudentsFirst, a non-profit organization that works on education reform. [2]

  8. District of Columbia State Board of Education - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The District of Columbia State Board of Education (SBOE) is an independent executive branch agency of the Government of the District of Columbia, in the United States. The SBOE provides advocacy and policy guidance for the District of Columbia Public Schools, and works with the Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools and the ...

  9. Kaya Henderson - Wikipedia

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    2014. Personal details. Born. 1970 (age 53–54) Mount Vernon, New York, U.S. Education. Georgetown University ( BA, MEd) Kaya Henderson (born July 1, 1970) is an American educator, activist, and civil servant who served as Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) from November 2010 to September 2016.