DCPS HS Redesign
DCPS has a long history of transorming and redesigning its high schools. At times this was part of a larger education plan and others it focused solely on the high schools. Some examples are the Renassiance schools, the Blue Ribbon Project on High School Reform, the Ed Compact and the last Education Master plan.
Currently, DCPS has partnered with XQ. While the plan is for each DCPS high school to have the opportunity and support to design itself, currently there are 8 schools in the pipeline. Anacostia and Ballou immediately preceeded the XQ partnership. Dunbar and Cardozo were in the first cohort, and for 2023-2024, CHEC, Ron Brown, Woodson and Coolidge have joined. They will have an additional staff person budgeted and other support to implement the plans they have been working on.