Posts tagged Education
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Breakfast links: Bills, bills, bills
FTA could regulate transit; McDonnell doesn’t get everything; HUD helps PG; Gray holds One City summit; Little help from Obama; BW bike trail?; Lobby for Maryland equality; In Arlington…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Pluses and minuses
Meet “Rush Plus”; Less entrance, more closing; No decision on campus plan; No more fund; Cities should pay more?; Super walkability; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pressure’s building
Tensions mount over budget; The signs of disengagement; Up in arms over car barn; A walk down K Street; Confusion burns; First, they came for our land…; Florida HSR would have been profitable; And…. Keep reading…
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Montgomery needs to retain young residents
MoCo planning director Rollin Stanley recently posted a video with some findings his staff made in the 2010 Census. To be honest, it doesn’t look good for Montgomery County: closing businesses, high housing prices, and an aging population. Keep reading…
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Do-it-yourself culture makes our community stronger
Great communities come from the shared local culture of its residents. But as the City Paper notes this week in an article on local rock schools, we don’t always make it easy for kids to participate. In the story, a teenage band from Bethesda called The Black Sparks are thwarted in their attempt to organize a concert series in a local community center: Erickson helped… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Timeliness
Silver Line back on schedule; Red Line will be bad for 3 years; Metrobus driver mitigated crash; Revise, resubmit, repeat; Catching school bus violators; Cash cows get a lean diet; Prince George’s considers bag fee; And…. Keep reading…
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Flawed study mis-rates potential DC school closings
DC would likely close some successful schools while expanding failing schools if it relies upon a study released last week. The much-anticipated study, which the Deputy Mayor for Education commissioned to help plan school closures and charter school policies, is highly flawed. The goal of the study was to help DCPS balance out near-empty buildings in some locations… Keep reading…
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Millennials entering the workforce need affordable housing
I am one of the millennials, at 80 million the largest generation in American history. We’re now entering the workforce, and many will stay in or move to the DC area. But few of my generation may choose to live in Montgomery County if we can’t find affordable housing in an urban setting. It’s no surprise that DC-area housing is scarce and expensive. The popular… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Speedwalking
Racial differences in walking; Lots of heat in education debate; Drawing great teachers to bad schools; Bethesda’s new gateway; A fight for DC’s memorial; Georgetown needs a plan; One City Summit for the masses; How blogs influence planning. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Wintry mixed uses
Clear your sidewalks; Stop discriminating against mixed-use; Gingrich sneers at urban living; Red bikes and pink blooms on the Mall?; Union Square still recordable; DC won’t limit your photography; The FederalExpressway?; Book Exchange project approved; Reforming food truck rules; And…. Keep reading…