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The Behanans banded together with other UN families who were in a similar situation to establish the United Nations International School at Lake Success, [1] with Dr. Behanan as chairman of its board. The school was founded to provide an international education for students, while preserving its students' diverse cultural heritages.
The United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) is a UN organization that serves the personnel of the United Nations and its affiliates via inter-agency learning and training. The organization aims to contribute to a more effective, results-oriented and agile United Nations through learning, training and knowledge dissemination.
Global Classrooms is a U.S.-based global education program, belonging to the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), that engages middle school and high school students in an exploration of current world issues through Model United Nations, wherein students step into shoes of UN Ambassadors and debate a range of issues on the UN agenda.
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It was awarded "one of the best 10 charter schools in Washington D.C." by the mayor of D.C. in 2005; It received the Gold Star Award for its 100% compliance with all applicable D.C. codes and regulations and Charter School Board regulations in 2009. The school won the E Pluribus Unum Award from the Migration Policy Institute. [14]
District of Columbia International School (DCI) is a public charter school in Washington, DC. It offers an International Baccalaureate education to students in grades 6 to 12. Each student learns in a partial language immersion program in Spanish, French or Chinese. It is overseen by the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board.
The District of Columbia Public Charter School Board (DC PCSB) is the regulatory authority and sole authorizer of all public charter schools in Washington, D.C. It provides oversight to 68 independently-run nonprofits (also referred to as local education agencies or LEAs) and 134 public charter schools which educate more than 47,000 students living in every ward of the city (48% of all DC ...
United States portal; Schools portal; List of parochial and private schools in Washington, D.C. Susan E. W. Fuller, artist, first instructor of art in the District's public schools [62] Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 U.S. 497 (1954); landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that held school segregation in the District of Columbia Public Schools to be ...