Posts tagged Education
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Ask GGW: Is a Georgetown gondola practical?
The Georgetown Business Improvement District and neighborhood leaders have been floating the idea of a gondola linking Georgetown with Rosslyn. But many transit experts seem skeptical. Who’s right? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rebuke
Money over culture?; Free our sidewalks; Downzoning going ahead; Safety steps; Slower growth in DC; Morning bell; How can Metro save energy?; And…. Keep reading…
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Some needy DCPS students are getting a lot less funding than others
Last year, the DC Council passed legislation designed to ensure that additional funds would be distributed equally among the District’s neediest students. A new interactive graphic shows that instead, some of those students are getting a lot less money than others. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Time for a shake-up
Franklin School plans scrambled; Elections inspection; Illegal hearing; 1970s AdMo; Bethesda Central Park?; Young looks back; Neighborhood knucklehead; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tax deals
Save the trust fund; Tax stadiums; Black History and urban planning; Homeowners demand help; Fairfax cold to charter plan; High driving; Intersection of doom; Portland and DC changing; And…. Keep reading…
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Removing the superintendent won’t fix the broken culture at Montgomery’s public schools
Montgomery County school superintendent Josh Starr resigned this week. Many community members are wondering what went wrong. While Starr had a lot of supporters, his role in a MCPS culture that didn’t take criticism well may have been his undoing. A week ago, Bethesda Magazine reported that four of the eight school board members didn’t support renewing Starr’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Smoke blocks the truth
Blame the fire department; Regional service; Can downtown Bethesda grow?; Franklin School plan stalled; Boom or bust?; How to update our infrastructure; Growth in the suburbs; The longest walk commute; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: You’re fired
Falling Starr; Coming out of retirement; A representative scofflaw; Gentrification in Ward 8; Wells’s environmental vision; An urban state?; Rail smash; More housing for NYC; Google that ride; And…. Keep reading…
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DCPS spotlights the needs of African-American and Latino males
DC Public Schools has announced a new initiative that will train a “laser-like focus” on African-American and Latino males, two groups that fare worst on many measures of academic achievement. But the effort, which includes a new all-boys high school, will inevitably leave some students in relative darkness. DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson recently unveiled… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Inequality hits home
Inequality grows in DC; Stay or go; Weekend woes; MoCo CaBi; Powerful women; Not free to be free range; Firefighters win lawsuit; London commits to bikes; And…. Keep reading…