Posts tagged Education
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Breakfast links: More questions than answers
Mixed-use, not sports practices; Food trucks on the Mall?; Creep on the CCT?; Georgetown vacant lot hard to build on; Who hates, who likes Ike’s memorial; Better buses; Manhattan to the limit; And…. Keep reading…
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Kenyan McDuffie talks education and growth
With a special election for the Ward 5 seat on the DC Council coming up on May 15, the candidates are hot to deliver their messages and woo voters. Kenyan McDuffie, whom Greater Greater Washington endorsed 2 years ago, is starting to articulate ideas for how he might lead Ward 5. With development opportunities at the McMillan Sand Filtration site, near the Brookland Metro, and along… Keep reading…
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Ideas rule the roost at the Ward 7 transportation summit
Sometimes it’s the little things that need the most attention. At last Saturday’s Ward 7 transportation summit, residents offered many productive ideas. One recurring theme was to pay more attention to the low-hanging fruit, small projects that could make a big impact. The summit, planned and organized by Ward 7 residents Veronica Davis, Neha Bhatt, Kelsi Bracmort,… Keep reading…
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Level the playing field for charters and neighborhood schools
Charter schools and traditional schools should have to give the same preference in admissions to neighborhood children. This would level the playing field between the types of schools. At the same time, charters need better access to facilities, also to level the playing field. Charter schools don’t have to give priority to children who live nearby, while neighborhood… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Policing strategy
Crime isn’t quite so bad; Whistleblowing officer to sue MPD; 3 streetcars isn’t enough; Should DCPS create charter schools?; House transpo bill getting changes; When loitering is good; And…. Keep reading…
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Favoring local residents would undermine charter schools
Kwame Brown and Tommy Wells recently suggested that charter schools give special admission preference to families in the immediate neighborhood. While this may sound like a good idea at first, it would undermine the ability of many charters to be as successful as they are. The logic is this: if someone lives near a school, why shouldn’t they be able to attend it? Isn’t… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: The culture war comes here
Gay rights take step forward; Women’s rights take step backward; Put gentrifiers, not football players, at Res. 13; Simmer down now, DC Council; Council beefs up transportation expertise; Charter schools on the trigger; NO TAGS? $20,000 in tickets; The Tide rolls in; And…. Keep reading…
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Little-known Kenilworth-Parkside is neighborhood to watch
A typical DC resident may never have heard of the Kenilworth-Parkside neighborhood in Ward 7, but the federal government definitely has. It’s betting that an $800,000 investment in a local placemaking initiative can put this small Northeast neighborhood back on the map. In 2010, Kenilworth-Parkside received $500,000 as one of the Department of Education’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Gambling on the water
Las Vegas casino for National Harbor?; Bike and funeral parking lane; Why such acrimony over campuses?; Overestimated enrollment yields windfall; Wheaton vs. Bethesda south entrance; TOD? Really?; Haitian New Urbanism; Yet another streetcar study; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Millions
CaBi tops 1.5 million rides; Metro admits blame; Bill encourages complete streets; More seats for NoVa on transpo board; Old is the new green; One way around a height limit; And…. Keep reading…