Posts tagged Education
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Breakfast links: What to do
Everywhere the sign regulations; But is it uphill both ways?; Vote on this and that; Just crash at my place; Convention, meet city; More or less money?; And…. Keep reading…
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DC Council needs permanent education policy office
When Chairman Kwame Brown resigned from the DC Council earlier this year, 2 of his 3 committee staff members overseeing education left with him, causing an all-too-common “brain drain” of Council committee staff. Until committee staff members are hired centrally by policy professionals, and not directly by councilmembers, the council will be unable to effectively… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New beginnings
Maryland House approves casino bill; Ryan is not for transit; DC house prices set new high; Gallaudet opens new deaf-friendly dorm; Ad cites GGW on driverless cars; LA to cut parking minimums; No transit in 2000?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Winning
Olympics in DC 2024?; Region wins grants; Wins for economy, baseball team; Britain doesn’t want helmet laws; On the ethics of bicycling; Get low; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Work it out
Track work in OT; Still no love for Calvary; IMPACT will have a less harsh impact; Take it for a spin; America becoming more income segregated; A greater greater (Seattle) Washington bus map; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Power
Few would pay to bury wires; More power; Library gets sunny; WMATA counts bikes; Planes get on collision course; Where light rail is king; Finally getting built; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Battle plans
Transportation battle at Manassas; MoCo gets bus bill; More Silver oversight; That smell; Teens imagine recreation bridge; Big BRT or big lanes?; Green roofs get more green; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Heating up
Heat slows Metro; Pay by phone at 2 Metro lots; Wells wants to cut camera fines; Wards 5 and 8 get largest slice of the pie; Long commutes contain sprawl; Seattle plans for more, quicker density; Syracuse wants to lose “Berlin Wall”; And…. Keep reading…
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One City plan sets ambitious goals, and some feebler ones
Mayor Gray released a “One City Action Plan,” a year in the making, which lays out goals and objectives for his administration across almost many areas. It pushes for serious and challenging improvements in education, while in other areas such as transportation, it doesn’t reach as high. Education Education has always been a top priority for Mayor Gray,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rolling in
Arlington chooses streetcars; Too white to be mayor?; Housing Authority looks for breach; Georgetown University comes downtown; Groupon kills business?; New York City opens remedial bike classes; And…. Keep reading…