Posts tagged Education
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Breakfast links: Put up your dukes
No “plan,” but a strong intention; Loudoun wavers on Silver; Gentrification is complicated; Better bus service coming; Real-time signs won’t innovate; What does a designer say about the new map?; BRAC II out for now; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Test the status quo
More school, more tests; Ban the bike ban?; Cap on money orders moves; Parking and bus get more expensive; Reporter finds money for DC; Earthquake damaged buildings reopen; And…. Keep reading…
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Parents deserve more details on Ward 5 middle school plan
Parents and policymakers worry that two newly planned middle schools may not go far enough to improve the mediocre middle school options for Ward 5 families. DCPS should create Local School Advisory Teams for these new schools, before they are built, to leverage parental initiative to ensure the success of these schools. Critics include a councilmember and the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Scandalous
Old money, new tricks; Thompson scandal goes to Annapolis; Slow walk the red top; A concert hall to challenge the Wolf; Huge income gap brings new problems; School comes to you; Bad planning knows no bounds; Building affordably is difficult; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Money in Virginia
They literally have a bridge to sell you; Arlington still pays for HOT lanes; TOD or FBI eventually in Greenbelt?; Contractor defends concrete; Church tries to build housing; Win some, lose some; No more garden stores?; Too much stuff in urban parks?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Building consensus
Build up; MWAA doesn’t need state money; Stanley apologizes; United will need to unite land; Community engagement has its price; Summit for the forgotten; Illegal parkers caught at Thompson; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stanleys under scrutiny
Trouble for Montgomery planner; Trouble at DYRS; Metro kept brake problems secret; Helmet ticket withdrawn; What’s more environmental, road or no road?; CCT won’t go in tunnel; When a taxi won’t cooperate; Senate moves on transpo, House will follow; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More tickets
School bus cameras on the way; Councilwoman gets ticket after all; More bike lanes; Will PBR be served at housing forum?; Redskins won’t make One City; No cloture, no Mica; Faster roads bad for cities, seniors; And…. Keep reading…
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Hopkins lobbies for a slower, cheaper transitway
The Corridor Cities Transitway once promised a rapid transit ride north of Shady Grove, but Johns Hopkins University and other Montgomery County developers want to delete the “rapid.” That’s because development in the area is tied to the transitway. The cheaper the transitway can get, the sooner their plans can move forward. Six weeks ago, following… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A bundle
Raid goes to the top; Move out or get a roommate?; DC’s most dangerous crossings; Herndon approves density plan; DC neglects crumbling facade; Where are the natives?; Residents revolt against liquor moratorium; And…. Keep reading…