Posts tagged Education
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Breakfast links: Backtrack
Setback for TOD in New Carollton; Parkmobile sorry for politicizing fee hike; Spend it all; Parking in the wrong places; Bikes should continue to LEED; OP has OPinions; Trolley museum wants you; Free transit hits Europe; Sandy aftermath in NY. Keep reading…
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9 college students running for ANC seats
Something unprecedented is happening at the most grassroots level of DC’s democracy. For the first time ever, 9 college students are choosing to run for seats on Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. These candidates represent part of a broader trend of enhanced student engagement in local affairs. Since DC Students Speak launched at Georgetown only 2 years ago, the organization… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trick or treat
Walkable = trick-or-treatable; Start up in Anacostia; Shut the door; Belward cleared for building; Charters lead to integration; Roads get emergency money faster; Not a safe route to school; Metro opens data; how can you use it?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving you better
Group forms for Purple Line; Metro escalators keep moving; Fee pushes riders to SmarTrip; WMATA announces Inauguration Day service; GOP win bad for DC real estate? No; DC school population grows; DC shares surplus with charter schools; Why Parkmobile hates Dodd-Frank; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ride the rails
Dupont south reopens; More people take Amtrak; Less for VRE?; Councilmembers for business; Not the way to stop U-turns; Grosso gains on Brown; Fix roads for bikes too; DC is most affordable?; And…. Keep reading…
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Arlington Public Schools must think beyond buses
Arlington County residents rely more and more on a wide range of transportation choices to get around the county, but Arlington Public Schools (APS) still focuses solely on buses in its transportation plan. A recent controversy around which students could ride the buses exposed the weaknesses and omissions in APS’s transportation planning. Current Arlington policy… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Contested transportation
GMU pushes sprawl some more; ANC agrees to no parking; Arlington candidates cold on streetcar; Graham vs. WMATA ethics; Got 11 cars?; TOD underway, awaits transit; Expanded transfers expands bus service; And…. Keep reading…
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G2 bus to Georgetown U won’t resume until spring semester
When DDOT’s renovation of O and P Streets in Georgetown completed last month, students expected the main Metrobus serving Georgetown University to resume its route to campus. To their surprise, WMATA announced last week that the G2 route will not resume its normal route until December. Under normal circumstances, the G2 follows O and P Streets through the neighborhood… Keep reading…
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Proposed graduation requirements lack transparency
The DC State Board of Education’s proposed new graduation requirements include many worthwhile proposals. However, some changes are more troubling, and the report does not give parents and other members of the public enough information to really comment. Social studies courses will decline In social studies, the board recommends reducing the requirement from… Keep reading…
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Safe Routes to School benefits kids and the community
On a recent Thursday, Vienna Elementary School had only 25 cars in the kiss-and-ride when there are usually 70. This dramatic decrease reduced congestion around the school and improved the morning commute for the entire community. The students attended class but did not arrive in cars. Today is International Walk and Bike to School Day, and more than 100 schools throughout… Keep reading…