Minor ES 4th Grade docent explaining the rainforest through poetry to a 3rd grader. #dcps

Be a @CityYear Corps Member - at #DCPS Ferebee-Hope Elementary

Takoma EC shows Fiji Embassy the Dougie and how to jump on it during their capstone presentation at #DCPS Central.

DC VOICE gets a sneak peak at all the new technology to come at the new HD Woodson #dcps

Going 2b an awesome performance! YLOV steppers from Simon Elem #DCPS rehearsing 4 #CYSummit.

City Year's a great example of a strategic academic partnership- #DC Chancellor Henderson #cysummit #education #DCPS

Thank you to Mr. David Imus for donating 170 maps to #DCPS. Our teachers and students will definitely put it to good use.

#DCPS student "trying to clear-up the regulation of these two proteins that will determine how cancer develops and how it’s treated." bit.ly/dP0855

Acting Chancellor Kaya Henderson speaks with a DC parent at the Ward 5 State of the Schools meeting and meets a prospective #DCPS student.

Pic of the Day: Five of 20 outstanding #DCPS teachers chosen for the Rubenstein Award for Highly Effective Teaching pose before Mayor Vincent Gray's weekly press briefing, where the teachers were introduced to the public. Each of the 20 teachers will receive $5,000 awards; another 20 outstanding teachers received honorable mention.

Pic of the Day: Dr. Phyllis Byrd, assistant principal at Ballou SHS, reads from a book written by an African-American author Monday during the African-American Read-In at Ballou. Among authors invited to read were Dawayne Williams, Allyson Criner, Sonsyrea Tate, Charisse Carney-Nunes and Stanice Anderson.

Pic of the Day: More than 100 prospective Eastern High students and their families attended Saturday's "Re-launching the Legacy" event at the Capitol Hill school in which planning Principal Rachel Skerritt highlighted the features of Eastern's academic and extracurricular programs for families considering Eastern for the 2011-2012 school year.

Pic of the Day: Sharon Royal, science teacher at West Education Campus, looks through a microscope Feb. 3 during D.C. Teachers Night at the U.S. Botanic Gardens. The fourth-annual event connects teachers with DC-area environmental organizations that offer educational opportunities for students, ideas for field trips and suggestions for lesson plans.

Pic of the Day: Rachel Skerritt, planning principal at Eastern HS, welcomes Stuart-Hobson Middle School students to her school Feb. 1 during a field trip intended to introduce next year's freshmen class to Eastern's academic and extracurricular programs.

Pic of the Day: Third graders from Bruce-Monroe Elementary School launch into the air Jan. 26 during a dance performance of The Jackson Five song "ABC" at the Department of Education auditorium. The performance was part of an arts program showcase and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first D.C. Public Schools Student Art Exhibit at the Department of Education headquarters. Student art from 10 #DC Public Schools adorn the hallways outside the DoE auditorium and students from four #DC Public Schools performed in the showcase.

Pic of the Day: #DCPS Interim Chancellor Kaya Henderson, joins Mayor Vincent C. Gray, Sousa Middle School Principal Dwan Jordon, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Washington Teachers Union President Nathan Saunders for a Jan. 6 panel discussion that focused on the future of education in the new District administration. The event, held at Sousa MS, gave parents, students, community members and press a chance to ask questions of the panelists.

The first and worst school I taught at Satan's lair #DCPS @NIQUA73

Pic of the Day: Students choose tiles Saturday before the start of the first-ever School Scrabble Capitol Cup competition at Walker-Jones Education Campus.

Pic of the Day: American Library Association President Nancy Everhart honors Melissa Jackson, Ballou HS' head of library and media services, for her work to improve the Ballou library and get kids excited about reading.

Pic of the Day: Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, and #DCPS students compose messages to US military serving overseas during a Wednesday visit to the Vice Presidential Mansion.

Pic of the Day: 'And in that school they had a llama, E-I-E-I-O.' Randle Highlands ES brings the farm to students.

Pic of the Day: Members of Ballou High School's chess club enter a battle of wits in a Nov. 23 chess tournament.

Pic of the Day: Congratulations to Bell HS boys and Wilson HS girls for DCIAA soccer championship victories!

Pic of the Day: Fierce competition at GeoPlunge Tourney today. Check back for the winning team!