Lauren Lumpkin
Education Reporter at The Washington Post
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washingtonpost.com | Lauren Lumpkin
Students in D.C. Public Schools will no longer be permitted to use their cellphones during the school day starting this fall, the system’s chancellor said. The 52,000-student district, which enrolls more than half the public school students in the city, is the latest in the D.C. area to attempt to restrict phone usage.
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washingtonpost.com | Joy Sung |Lauren Lumpkin |Jenny Gathright |Carson TerBush |Stephanie Hays
Do kids feel safe in D.C.? We asked them. (washingtonpost.com) Do kids feel safe in D.C.? We asked them. By Joy Sung; Lauren Lumpkin; Jenny Gathright; John D. Harden; Carson TerBush; Stephanie Hays 2025060909000000 snap scroll This is Colin. Colin is one of nearly two dozen young people in D.C. whom The Washington Post talked to about youth violence and safety. We asked middle school students to explain, in their words, what it's like to grow up in the city.
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washingtonpost.com | Robert Samuels |Lauren Lumpkin |John D. Harden
How D.C.’s failure to curb truancy fueled a surge in youth crime (washingtonpost.com) How D.C.’s failure to curb truancy fueled a surge in youth crime By Robert Samuels; Lauren Lumpkin; John D. Harden 2025060909000000 As the first bell rang at Brookland Middle School on April 3, 2024, Irving LaBoard's desk sat empty. An hour earlier, police had found his body in Fort Dupont Park. He had been shot and killed. Irving was 14, an eighth-grader.
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washingtonpost.com | Marissa Lang |Dana Munro |Lauren Lumpkin
Dupont Circle Park will remain open during Pride weekend (washingtonpost.com) Dupont Circle Park will remain open during Pride weekend By Marissa J. Lang; Dana Munro; Lauren Lumpkin 2025060715100100 In an abrupt about-face, federal officials Saturday reopened Dupont Circle Park to the public, following days of intense criticism and confusion over the decision to close the park at the center of the District's historic LGBTQ community during Pride weekend.
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washingtonpost.com | Dana Munro |Emma Uber |Lauren Lumpkin
WorldPride parade marches through D.C. (washingtonpost.com) WorldPride parade marches through D.C. By Dana Munro; Emma Uber; Lauren Lumpkin 2025060710004700 People flooded sidewalks, spilled onto the streets and gathered on nearby rooftops, cheering and whistling as the WorldPride parade kicked off at the intersection of 14th and T streets NW on Saturday afternoon.
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RT @lisagartner: @wpinvestigates First up, from @newsbysamuels @laurenmlumpkin @Jdharden: How the District’s failure to curb truancy in mid…
RT @lisagartner: New from @wpinvestigates: We wanted to understand why youth crime shot up so stunningly in D.C. in 2023. Today, we publis…
Another snow day — and makeup day tacked on to the end of the school year. It looks like the new last day could be June 20 (June 19 is a holiday).
Due to weather conditions, all DCPS schools will be closed on Tuesday, January 7. Debido a las condiciones meteorológicas, todas las escuelas de las DCPS estarán cerradas el martes 7 de enero. https://t.co/kdCavSwDC0
