Posts tagged Education
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Breakfast links: Maryland turns purple
Purple pulls through the state; Weigh in on the wage; Housing for all in Arlington; Strip club shutdown; College Park to college town; Not so easy to rename; Transit in bloom; Less teens on the road. Keep reading…
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Eliot-Hine, a DC middle school, is falling apart
Katelyn Hollmon, a student at Eliot-Hine Middle School, cried when she testified before the DC Council last year, saying she and her classmates shouldn’t have to attend a school that reminds them of the homeless shelter where several of her friends live. “Just because we’re kids doesn’t mean we don’t have rights… It is not enough to believe… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Revitalize vs. regress
Wider sidewalks for Georgetown; Chinatown sans Verizon Center; The future of Howard Theater; Homes for “grandfamilies”; Montgomery’s share of the Purple Line; Transit talk for I-66; Accident becomes crash; No more NextBus; Bet on education; Metro makes the news; Fair on housing and crime; Less zoning, more housing. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro closes doors?
Serious Metro shutdown?; School segregation squashed; Purple Line price; The Potomac River recovers; Strike back on schedule; Baltimore’s transportation choices; Shorter SNAP. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Comings and goings
Why people leave; Where the kids are; Welcome the millennials; Fixing the freeway problem; Tragedy at Metro station, again; WMATA (HQ) for sale; Largo hospital is more likely; How Purple got cheaper; And…. Keep reading…
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Why Montgomery County school board is the race to watch in 2016
Montgomery County school board elections are usually pretty sleepy. But as the county’s once-vaunted schools struggle to serve a more diverse population, the “achievement gap” is causing this year’s race to heat up. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Over the hill
40th birthday challenges; Another safety leader bites the dust; Pay to stay out of crime; Development opportunities abound; Torpedo Factory factions; More ambulances for DC; No-fly zone blues; Urban desires and reality. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fray and fate
Metro’s inspection problem; $15 minimum wage?; MoCo says no to accessible ride hailing; DC budget priorities; Reston revolution; Vision Zero, Waze style?; Short on homes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The day the Metro stood still
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How road design could stop drivers smashing into Dolcezza
Twice in the last three months, a car has careened through the storefront windows at 6th and Penn Street NE, on the western side of Gallaudet. The crashes are symptoms of a common problem: drivers reaching dangerously high speeds on 6th between Florida Avenue and Brentwood Parkway. Here are some thoughts on how to fix that. Keep reading…