Posts tagged Education
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Could “build higher” untangle a thorny Shaw school controversy?
Two groups of DC school parents are at loggerheads. In the heart of Shaw is a large, vacant building that once housed a junior high school. One group wants the school rebuilt and reopened as a neighborhood middle school, while others want to move Benjamin Banneker High School to the area. Can both get what they want? Keep reading…
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Events: Access new dwellings in Montgomery County
Learn about creating accessory apartments, volunteer to clean up Rock Creek Park in celebration of MLK Day, see an autonomous vehicle in action, watch the moon turn beautiful colors as it's shadowed by the earth, and more in this week's urbanist events roundup Keep reading…
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Top posts of 2018: Montgomery County says no new homes in Silver Spring because the schools are full
For decades, school planners assumed that families would move out to the suburbs once they had kids, and made projections for where and how to build new schools based on that. But as that trend begins to shift, Montgomery County is finding school enrollment harder to predict, which creates new challenges in and out of the classroom. Keep reading…
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DC students are more likely to attend schools that are economically diverse than racially diverse
DC’s racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic demographics are changing, but are these demographic changes reflected in DC’s public schools? Keep reading…
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Changing your neighborhood school will not destroy your community
In response to growth in attendance, Arlington County Public Schools (APS) is opening some new schools and shifting the location of county-wide “option” programs to better utilize resources. As a result, the School Board must approve new boundaries for neighborhood schools in the southern portion of the county on December 6. Keep reading…
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Events: Put the “public” in public space
Learn how to get the public more engaged in shaping public spaces, go on a memorial bike ride, give feedback on how to restore Franklin Park, learn about addressing evictions in Virginia, and more in this week's events. Keep reading…
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Prince George’s sends fewer students to Maryland’s flagship university than other counties. Why?
Although the state's flagship university, the University of Maryland, College Park, is located in Prince George's County, the county sends significantly fewer students as a fraction of its population to UMCP than other area counties do. Keep reading…
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Millennials starting families will likely struggle to find affordable housing near schools, transit, and jobs in DC
If children continue to enroll in public schools by kindergarten and transition between grade bands at the same rates as they do today, DC could have about 104,600 students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 by 2026-27. That's an estimated 21,100 more students based on current conditions in addition to the 83,491 enrolled in 2016-17. Where is this growth likely to occur? Keep reading…
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Drivers hit four DC schoolchildren in the first days of the school year
An alarming (but sadly, not surprising) message came over my neighborhood email list recently. The Deputy Chief of Operations and Programs for DC Public Schools, wrote: “In the first 7 days of the traditional school calendar, DCPS have had 4 situations (that we are aware of) where a student and/or a caregiver was struck by a vehicle near one of our schools.” Keep reading…
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Events: Help move 25% of DC commuters to walk, bike, or scoot!
Do you care about smarter, more sustainable commuting? DC has set a goal in its sustainability plan for 25% of trips to happen by walking, bicycling, and scooting. How can we hit this target? Keep reading…