Kemper Valentine Toast Kicks Off Holiday Season

December 10, 2018

Institute for Education founders Kathy Kemper and Jim Valentine welcomed neighbors and friends of IFE to their home for their fifth annual Champagne Holiday Kick-Off on Thanksgiving Day.

Mayor Names Indianapolis Schools Head D.C. Chancellor 

December 6, 2018

Lewis D. Ferebee has been serving as Indianapolis superintendent since September of 2013. Following confirmation by the District Council, he is expected to begin work as DCPS chancellor on Jan. 31.

The Looming Student Debt Apocalypse

November 23, 2018

Education-related debt impacts more than 44 million of us, who owe a total of $1.5 trillion, making the burden of education the country’s second-largest debt after consumer mortgages.

Holy Trinity School Celebrates 200 Years

October 22, 2018

Many a Georgetown and Washington family can say their children attended the school, now with an upper school and a lower school on 36th Street, hugging Holy Trinity Church in the center of the block.

G.U. Professor on Leave After Hateful Tweet

October 7, 2018

In a tweet during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, C. Christine Fair, an associate professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, celebrated the imaginary deaths of Republican senators.

Back to School in Georgetown

August 20, 2018

Student numbers are up in Georgetown, with neighborhood homes increasingly being bought and remodeled by urban-oriented millennial families with school-age children, according to local architects.

Saudi Women Pitch Their Dreams at Halcyon


The budding entrepreneurs shared their stories at an Aug. 16 pitch event in Georgetown, part of their participation in a summer Halcyon Incubator Intensive.

Georgetown Library Issues Summer Challenge

August 2, 2018

The gauntlet has been thrown down to Georgetown’s well-read adults: to read a daunting classic like “Ulysses” or “Moby Dick” for at least 20 minutes a day.

Advice on Parenting: Ask Chloe

July 9, 2018

How to beat the potential for summer lags in academic advancement? The key is making sure that kids stay creative, imaginative and exploratory — plus the good, old-fashioned R&R we crave at any age.

Big Hole, Big Crane at Hyde-Addison

July 2, 2018

The east and north footings, which will support the foundation of the expanded elementary school, are due to be completed any day now, along with the final removal of rock from the excavated site.