Financial Literacy Standards guide a standalone, elective course for high school students across the District. The standards include important financial knowledge and skills, including how individual financial circumstances are influenced by personal decisions and systemic factors. These standards are recommended for the 2024-24 school year.  

The key shifts in the newly revised Social Studies Standards focus on the development of historical thinking and analysis, inclusion of civic reasoning as a key skill, and a reduction in a number of standards, with an increase in the rigor of standards. These standards are required to begin implementing during the 2024-25 school year. 

The Social & Emotional Learning standards are designed to improve school climate and student well-being. LEAs are expected to begin implementing these standards during the 2024-25 school year 

OSSE has launched a Districtwide SEL Advisory Committee to inform, share insights, and provide feedback around SEL initiatives and will be launching a District-wide educator Community of Practice (CoP) to facilitate collaboration among LEAs in sharing implementation strategies, systems, and practices. OSSE will provide LEAs with in-person and virtual professional development opportunities for educators and school leaders on SEL and implementation. 

In the spring of 2025, OSSE will be administering DC's first District-wide school climate survey to gather and leverage data to ensure a cycle of continuous improvement in school climate across all DC public schools.