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Do not fill this in! == Education == {{See also|District of Columbia Public Schools|List of parochial and private schools in Washington, D.C.}} [[File:Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Georgetown, Washington, DC (39642750063) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Duke Ellington School of the Arts]], a public [[magnet school]] in the city]] [[District of Columbia Public Schools]] (DCPS), the sole public school district in the city,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st11_dc/schooldistrict_maps/c11001_district_of_columbia/DC20SD_C11001.pdf|title=2020 Census β School District Reference Map: District of Columbia, DC|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 22, 2022|archive-date=July 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725195926/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st11_dc/schooldistrict_maps/c11001_district_of_columbia/DC20SD_C11001.pdf|url-status=live}} β [https://archive.today/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st11_dc/schooldistrict_maps/c11001_district_of_columbia/DC20SD_C11001_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> operates the city's 123 public schools.<ref name=dcps>{{cite web |title=2010β2011 School Opening Report |url=http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/About+DCPS/Strategic+Documents/School+Opening+Report/2010-2011+School+Opening+Report |publisher=District of Columbia Public Schools| access-date=November 12, 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119043507/http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/About+DCPS/Strategic+Documents/School+Opening+Report/2010-2011+School+Opening+Report| archive-date=January 19, 2012 }}</ref> The number of students in DCPS steadily decreased for 39 years until 2009. In the 2010β11 school year, 46,191 students were enrolled in the public school system.<ref name=DCenroll>{{cite web |title=DC Public School Enrollment Up for Third Straight Year |url=http://osse.dc.gov/release/dc-public-school-enrollment-third-straight-year |publisher=Office of the State Superintendent of Education |access-date=November 12, 2011 |date=November 7, 2011 |archive-date=January 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131112705/http://osse.dc.gov/release/dc-public-school-enrollment-third-straight-year |url-status=live }}</ref> DCPS has one of the highest-cost, yet lowest-performing school systems in the country, in terms of both infrastructure and student achievement.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/07/05/schools-taxes-education-biz-beltway_cz_cs_0705schools_2.html |title=Best And Worst School Districts for the Buck |access-date=June 10, 2008 |last=Settimi |first=Christina |date=July 5, 2007 |work=Forbes |archive-date=May 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527012448/http://www.forbes.com/2007/07/05/schools-taxes-education-biz-beltway_cz_cs_0705schools_2.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mayor Adrian Fenty's administration made sweeping changes to the system by closing schools, replacing teachers, firing principals, and using private education firms to aid curriculum development.<ref>{{cite news |first=V. Dion |last=Haynes |author2=Bill Turque |title=Rhee Offers Plan To Improve D.C.'s Troubled Schools |date=May 16, 2008 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051502354.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=B01 |access-date=June 3, 2008 |archive-date=May 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518160139/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051502354.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[District of Columbia Public Charter School Board]] monitors the 52 public charter schools in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dcpubliccharter.com/Enrollment-and-Demographics/SY2010-002D-2011-Charter-School-Profile.aspx |title=SY2010β2011 Charter School Profile |publisher=D.C. Public Charter School Board |access-date=January 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109204056/http://www.dcpubliccharter.com/Enrollment-and-Demographics/SY2010-002D-2011-Charter-School-Profile.aspx |archive-date=January 9, 2011}}</ref> Due to the perceived problems with the traditional public school system, enrollment in public [[charter school]]s had by 2007 steadily increased.<ref>{{cite news |first=V. Dion |last=Haynes |author2=Theola Labbe |title=A Boom for D.C. Charter Schools |date=April 25, 2007 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/24/AR2007042402542.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |pages=A01 |access-date=July 25, 2008 |archive-date=May 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504041416/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/24/AR2007042402542.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2010, D.C., charter schools had a total enrollment of about 32,000, a 9% increase from the prior year.<ref name=DCenroll /> The district is also home to 92 private schools, which enrolled approximately 18,000 students in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/tables/table_2008_15.asp |title=Table 15. Number of private schools, students, full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, and 2006β07 high school graduates, by state: United States, 2007β08 |year=2008 |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-date=March 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309224531/http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/tables/table_2008_15.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> === Higher education === {{See also|List of colleges and universities in Washington, D.C.}} [[File:Healy Hall Georgetown University.jpg|thumb|[[Georgetown University]], founded in 1789, is the city's oldest university.]] The [[University of the District of Columbia]] (UDC) is a public [[land-grant university]] providing undergraduate and graduate education.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/university-of-district-of-columbia-admissions-788152 |title=University of the District of Columbia |website=ThoughtCo |first=Allen |last=Grove |access-date=February 2, 2024 |archive-date=February 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203044757/https://www.thoughtco.com/university-of-district-of-columbia-admissions-788152 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[University charter#Federal|Federally chartered universities]] include [[American University]] (AU), [[Gallaudet University]], [[George Washington University]] (GWU), [[Georgetown University]] (GU), and [[Howard University]] (HU). Other private universities include the [[Catholic University of America]] (CUA), the [[Johns Hopkins University]] [[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies]] (SAIS), and [[Trinity Washington University]]. The [[Corcoran College of Art and Design]], the oldest art school in the capital, was absorbed into the George Washington University in 2014, now serving as its college of arts.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Montgomery |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/corcoran-gallery-of-art-and-college-to-be-taken-over-by-the-national-gallery-of-art-and-george-washington-university/2014/02/19/a236132e-9994-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.html |title=Corcoran Gallery of Art and College to split apart, partnering with National Gallery, GWU |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 19, 2014 |access-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017214354/http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/corcoran-gallery-of-art-and-college-to-be-taken-over-by-the-national-gallery-of-art-and-george-washington-university/2014/02/19/a236132e-9994-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The city's medical research institutions include [[Washington Hospital Center]] and [[Children's National Medical Center]]. The city is home to three medical schools and associated teaching hospitals: George Washington, Georgetown, and Howard universities.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bowman |first=Inci A. |title=Historic Medical Sites in the Washington, DC Area |url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/medtour/intro.html |publisher=U.S. National Library of Medicine |access-date=August 17, 2011 |archive-date=August 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805094828/http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/medtour/intro.html |url-status=live }}</ref> === Libraries === Washington, D.C., has dozens of public and private libraries and [[library system]]s, including the [[District of Columbia Public Library]] [[library system|system]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} [[Folger Shakespeare Library]], a research library and museum located in the [[Capitol Hill]] neighborhood, houses the world's largest collection of material related to [[William Shakespeare]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.folger.edu/about |title=About the Folger |date=January 21, 2015 |access-date=February 12, 2022 }}</ref> ==== Library of Congress ==== {{Main|Library of Congress}} [[File:LOC Main Reading Room Highsmith.jpg|thumb|The [[Library of Congress]], the [[List of largest libraries|world's largest library]] with more than 167 million cataloged items and the nation's oldest cultural institution<ref>{{cite web |title=General Information |url=https://www.loc.gov/about/general-information/ |access-date=January 1, 2019 |publisher=Library of Congress |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223101833/https://www.loc.gov/about/general-information/ |url-status=live }}</ref>]] The [[Library of Congress]] is the [[Research library|research]] [[library]] that officially serves the [[United States Congress]] and is the ''[[de facto]]'' [[national library]] of the United States. It is a complex of three buildings: [[Thomas Jefferson Building]], [[John Adams Building]] and [[James Madison Memorial Building]], all located in the [[Capitol Hill]] neighborhood. The Jefferson Building houses the library's reading room, a copy of the [[Gutenberg Bible]], [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s original library, and several museum exhibits.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} ==== District of Columbia Public Library ==== {{Main|District of Columbia Public Library}} The [[District of Columbia Public Library]] operates 26 neighborhood locations including the landmark [[Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library]].<ref>{{cite web |title=In Your Neighborhood |url=http://www.dclibrary.org/about/neighborhood |publisher=D.C. Public Library |access-date=August 14, 2011 |archive-date=August 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808164832/http://dclibrary.org/about/neighborhood |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page