On March 29th, the Public Media Corps held a Town Hall at Bell Multicultural High School on the topic of school reform. Many attended the Town Hall with panelists Kaya Henderson (Chancellor of DC Public Schools), Kavitha Cardoza (Senior Reporter at WAMU-FM), Leticia Long (President of the Wilson High School PTA), Kristin Ehrgood (Flamboyan Foundation), [...]

Students at Academies of Anacostia discuss the issue of dropping out of school. Senior Mardez Davis shares his struggles in school and why he contemplated quitting.

“Will the DJ be standing there?  Is he going to be at that table? “, says one of the WHUT tech crew, pointing at the mini stage set up during the full rehearsal of WGDC (¿What’s Good DC?).   I say, “yeah…and she’s sitting right next to you”. I met Illa Jams, in August. She was [...]