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Investigation finds misconduct by former DC schools chief

Associated Press

“As our schools are currently organized, we can’t achieve our goals,” D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson said Tuesday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Kaya Henderson, D.C. public schools chancellor, stepping down in September

By Ryan M. McDermott - The Washington Times

DC schools offering money to make students happier

By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press

“As our schools are currently organized, we can’t achieve our goals,” D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson said Tuesday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

D.C. chancellor was informed of cheating claim

By Ben Nuckols - Associated Press

Kindergarten teacher Nick Brooks calls on eager students who raise their hands during a lesson in his classroom on the first day of school at DC Scholars Public Charter School in Southeast. (Photographs by Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) **FILE**

Gray, chancellor help ring in school year

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray says the city should 'double down' on its gun laws in the wake of the school shooting in Newton, Conn. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Mayor Gray says D.C. should ‘double down’ on gun restrictions

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Among those listening to Kaya Henderson and Mayor Vincent C. Gray at Monday’s luncheon at the Verizon Center is Anacostia High School’s Markel Woods (left, in dark suit). (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

Residency fraud still plagues D.C. schools

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

SIMMONS: D.C. schools chief, watch your back

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

“As our schools are currently organized, we can’t achieve our goals,” D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson said Tuesday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Henderson announces plan to close 20 D.C. schools

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

D.C. high school student shot by classmate after verbal altercation

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

** FILE ** D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

IG report: No widespread school-test cheating in D.C.

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Witness Carrie Pecover, from Seeds of Tomorrow, Inc., answers questions during Chairman Phil Mendelson Committee of the Whole and the Committee on the Judiciary roundtable on Truancy Reduction in the D.C. Public Oversight Roundtable on Thrusday, July 12, 2012, in Washington D.C.. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

D.C. schools optimistic on trimming truancy

By Emily Hatton - The Washington Times

** FILE ** D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Investigation finds cheating at D.C. schools

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and Mayor Vincent C. Gray answer questions Wednesday about the five goals in their five-year plan to aggressively rebuild the District's public school system. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

‘Ambitious’ goals in D.C. schools’ five-year plan put focus on teaching

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

SIMMONS: Anti-bullying panel is the wrong approach to the problem

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

**FILE** D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

D.C. truancy report’s absence raises ire

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

D.C. schools chancellor supports teacher-incentive program

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Chancellor Kaya Henderson said scorecards for the District's traditional public schools build on the "profiles" released last year and serve as a likely precursor to an accountability ranking or rating. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

D.C. school scorecards posted online

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

INVOLVED: D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson wrote a letter to Chancellor Kaya Henderson. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

Mendelson enters D.C. schools flap over sex-abuse allegation

By Jeffrey Anderson - The Washington Times