(WTOP/Luke Lukert) Students and parents from Duke Ellington School of the Arts rallied Tuesday morning to protest ongoing negotiations to give D.C. Public Schools complete control of the hybrid ...

The school community says they are "protesting DCPS’ potential hostile takeover of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts." Parents said they are worried the move could "destroy the continued ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 29, 1899 inWashington, D.C. Duke’s parents, Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James EdwardEllington, served as ideal role models for young Duke, and ...