Posts tagged Education
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Lunch links: Bike share, Bloomingdale and BRAC
What’s the right bikeshare density?; Cycling is safer in numbers; Bloomingdale supports good urbanism; Modest BRAC impact in PG; Loudoun teacher wins big prize; Keynesian economies; No such thing as full employment. Keep reading…
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Will one old school become a new school?
The historic Harrison Elementary school building, at 13th and V Streets, NW, will likely soon continue it’s educational mission by hosting one of DC’s burgeoning charter schools. If it does, it will buck a trend of DC awarding old school buildings to many organizations except charter schools. DC’s Department of Real Estate Services will begin reviewing… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Less money, more students
Ehrlich’s school funding lacking; Public schools still on the rise; Big city school superintendents’ future uncertain; Hit-and-run near Dupont Circle; Purple Line in November; Developers shifting to Smart Growth; Metro riders impossible to please; Supporting food trucks; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Doing more on the Mall
Hirshhorn considers garden excavation; Restore sanity and the Mall; MPD Chief has a sweet deal; Quick Complete Streets; BOEE e-voting not secure yet; NoVA will keep Board seats, for now; College towns top for bike commuting; Teacher diversity in Arlington Public Schools. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Nauseating news
ARC tunnel dead, NJ will get even more roads; Hurling out of service; She thought it was a tree branch; An indictment of Las Vegas’ City Center; Le Capital Bikeshare; And…; Don’t forget: GGW happy hour Thursday. Keep reading…
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Keep it 100 on youth violence
Tomorrow we will bury another young man. Another young life cut short by a type of violence we all, no matter who we are or where we are from, struggle to understand. A little over a year ago I was sitting on a mountain path, high above lake Atitlan in the Mayan village of San Antonio Palopo in Guatemala. Leaning on a wall looking out over one of the most beautiful vistas in the world, I had… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Danger all around
Navy Yard is “dangerous”?; Failing US transportation system endangers future growth; Hit and run in Mt. Rainier; DoD makes a BRAC mistake; “Mosquito” officially killed; Feds encouraged to use CaBi; Uline Arena plans pushed back; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Adding bike laws and infrastructure
New bike laws in Maryland; Georgetown CaBi stations; Floating around; More superhighways; Hard to hail a cab; Getting schooled in Washington; One less Michael Brown. Keep reading…
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How do parents pick schools?
For parents in our region, the hardest quality-of-life, “why am I here?” question is not related to transportation or even crime or retail amenities, but education. Is this a good place to raise our kids and send them to school? In DC in particular, this is the existential question that residents who are starting families have been asking themselves over and over… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: DC gets no respect
Chaffetz wants to rule your life; Rosslyn’s tallest building, you mean; A greener, more walkable 14th Street; Bye bye bottles (on campuses); Before there were bike lanes; 1 year and counting on transpo bill; Avoid biased language. Keep reading…