Posts tagged Education
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Breakfast links: What’s next for Dulles Airport as it turns 60
Dulles Airport head sets course on eve of airport’s 60th anniversary. Public school districts across the region start school year, expect more in-person students. U Street Metro west entrance redevelopment plans released. Keep reading…
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How schools in DC were part of a legacy of segregation
Here’s a look at how the educational inequity in the District was built on decades of formally, and informally, mandated segregation. Keep reading…
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Local and federal efforts aim to address the digital divide in the Washington region
Access to broadband in the DC and the surrounding region is profoundly unequal. Programs at the federal and local level are working to fix that. Keep reading…
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This GIS atlas reveals the history of Prince George’s County
Hey history buffs: Prince George’s Atlas has a slew of fascinating old aerial photos, maps, and other cartographic information about the county, including property boundaries and environmental information. What did your neighborhood look like a century ago? Keep reading…
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A coalition rates Montgomery School Board candidates on their equity statements
As we speak, voters in Montgomery County are receiving ballots for the June 2 primary, which includes a crowded and often nasty race for school board. To help voters learn about the candidates, a group of progressive organizations put together an “Equity Questionnaire” on major issues affecting students. Keep reading…
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Here is how school buses looked in 1934
If you were an elementary school student the 1930s, this Dodge school bus might have been your ride. Keep reading…
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Battles over school boundaries divide candidates for Montgomery County school board
Most years, school board races in Montgomery County can be pretty quiet. This spring, a study about school boundaries in this affluent yet diverse county has made the Board of Education election an explosive debate about race and class in public schools. It may be the most important race on the ballot. Keep reading…
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DC has over 200 public schools named for people. Here is how they got their names.
Since the first “modern” DC public school was built in 1864, and promptly named for the mayor who built it, the public school and charter school systems have named 255 schools for individual people. Among them are 32 known slave owners, 10 former slaves, 10 abolitionists, 2 people who joined the Confederacy, 17 civil rights leaders, 26 presidents and 32 mayors or other city officials. Keep reading…
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Images show how 80,000 people in a square mile look in different neighborhoods
When we talk about dense housing, many think of New York City skyscrapers, or Soviet blocks. But as images of different neighborhoods in DC show, not all density looks the same. Keep reading…
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Montgomery County needs more urban schools. Why is it afraid to build them?
Montgomery County has a shortage of school capacity in some areas, which recently led to a moratorium on approving new housing in many of the most transit-accessible parts of the County, triggered by a lack of capacity in those areas’ schools—even though many students come from existing homes, not newly built ones. Keep reading…