Posts tagged Education
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Breakfast links: Stop the harassment
Metro PD harasses photographer; DC Council considers bullying law; The plan changed, comprehensively; Are parks a “public good”?; Chesapeake Bay states wrestle with clean-up; The latest anti-bike screed; Melbourne bike share failing; Rich giving up the American dream. Keep reading…
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How do you choose a DC public school?
Every parent wants the best for their children. But how do you find the best public school for your child? If you are considering where or whether to live in DC, how do you know if your nearby schools are any good? The growing pile of data can add to the confusion, since in many cases it isn’t clear how achievement is being defined and what these numbers mean for students. In DC,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Good news in MoCo
Hans Riemer for better transit, smart growth; New central MoCo middle school; First look at DC Wal-Marts; Arboretum to destroy azalea exhibit; Flood wall on Mall not enough; Third Church project gets JBG money; TSA policies could have deadly consequences; Bike hate in the Big Apple; And…. Keep reading…
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Downtown needs a school more than a boutique hotel
Representatives from the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and the DC Department of Real Estate Services got an earful last Thursday night at a hearing on the proposed plan to declare the Franklin School building a surplus property. Declaring it surplus would clear the way to sell or lease the building, located at 13th and K Streets NW, to a private developer. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Laws police don’t enforce
Police assume cyclist at fault; Police don’t punish their own; Barracks solution possible but complex; “This is a New Jersey-bound 7 train”?; Let them build roads, says Post; AJC unabashedly deserts city of Atlanta; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not entirely effective
‘Effective’ DC teachers not effectively distributed; Metro escalator model problematic; Embassy wants parking to buy more cars; LA TV has windshield perspective too; Street crossers like lemmings?; ICC part 1 opening soon; NYC gets camera-enforced bus lanes; Suburban poor struggle in recession; And…. Keep reading…
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Does DC really need a Deputy Mayor for Education?
A mayoral transition is a good time to think about budget-friendly changes to the org chart, and one constructive change might be to eliminate the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education (DME). Why do we need a DME when we already have an Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)? The DME office (with its own chief of staff, 8 full time staff and a $1.3m budget after the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: All liquored up
Virtual liquor license moratorium; MoCo liquor stores to open Sundays; How not to set a good example; Jefferson High struggles with diversity; Clarendon Trader Joe’s nearing lease; Baltimore codifies bike rights; More escalator problems uncovered; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Only in Fairfax
Ped killed where crosswalk unmarked; Why not Fairfax County Avenue?; Fairfax looking to add bike lockers; Write-in results still weeks away; Teacher arrest highlights problems in and out of school; Why are bus fares lower?; WMATA will inspect all escalators; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Smart moves
CaBi stands for Cammunity Binefit?; Buy SmarTrips, American students; Express lane for peds; DDOT replaces more meters; Food truck debate continues; Divided we authorize transportation spending; Tech start-ups eschew Valley for city; And…. Keep reading…