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Lauren Lumpkin

Washington, D.C.

Education Reporter at The Washington Post

Reporter covering D.C. schools for @washingtonpost | she/her | Cleveland is the reason 🌙 | Send tips and book recs to [email protected]

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  • 2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Lauren Lumpkin

    While D.C. braces for cuts, Bowser proposes another boost for schools (washingtonpost.com) While D.C. braces for cuts, Bowser proposes another boost for schools By Lauren Lumpkin 2025042422323900 D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), previewing parts of her budget proposal for next year, said Thursday she wants to fund programs that reduce the cost of child care and pay stipends to preschool teachers.

  • 1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Lauren Lumpkin

    Foreign-born D.C. teachers blindsided by end of green card policy (washingtonpost.com) Foreign-born D.C. teachers blindsided by end of green card policy By Lauren Lumpkin 2025040510005700 She first came to the United States from Colombia in her early 20s, working as an au pair and learning how badly American schools needed Spanish teachers.

  • 1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Nicole Asbury |Lauren Lumpkin

    Maryland school leaders say they could lose millions in pandemic aid (washingtonpost.com) Maryland school leaders say they could lose millions in pandemic aid By Nicole Asbury; Lauren Lumpkin 2025033122581600 Maryland education leaders say the state could lose hundreds of millions after the Trump administration recently announced it was cutting off final reimbursements for federal coronavirus relief money.

  • 1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Lauren Lumpkin |Hau Chu

    Federal immigration enforcement agents tried to detain a health-care worker at a D.C. elementary school as students arrived Wednesday morning, a spokesperson for the school district said. The worker is not a school employee, but a health-care contractor assigned to H.D. Cooke Elementary School by D.C. Health, officials said.

  • 2 months ago | flipboard.com | Nicole Asbury |Karina Elwood |Lauren Lumpkin |Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff

    1 day agoThe appeal is undeniable: never forget anything important ever again. The method is practical: using the phone you carry with you everywhere you go. And the results are promising, if not a full delivery on the promise. It’s called TwinMind, and it’s an AI-powered “second brain” to help our aging, …

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Lauren Lumpkin
Lauren Lumpkin @laurenmlumpkin
7 Jan 25

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).

DC Public Schools
DC Public Schools @dcpublicschools

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

Lauren Lumpkin
Lauren Lumpkin @laurenmlumpkin
5 Jan 25

DCPS schools are closed tomorrow ❄️ with no snow days built into the calendar, the day off will be made up on June 18, spox says.

DC Public Schools
DC Public Schools @dcpublicschools

Due to weather conditions, all DCPS schools will be closed on Monday, January 6. Debido a las condiciones meteorológicas, todas las escuelas de las DCPS estarán cerradas el lunes 6 de enero. https://t.co/nWxbOUsVbs

Lauren Lumpkin
Lauren Lumpkin @laurenmlumpkin
11 Sep 24

RT @CMZParker5: We remember the many lives lost on this day in 2001, including three DCPS teachers and three DCPS students who were on thei…