Posts tagged Neighborhood Preference
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Breakfast links: Washington region office space market is changing permanently
Recent regional office space leasing shifts holding steady. 72% of Virginia residents and 67% of DC residents live in mixed-race neighborhoods. What to expect on the Silver Line opening day. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Full speed ahead
Ready or not, here comes SafeTrack; SafeTrack set in stone; DC on SafeTrack; The surge stays; Stadium spoils; Top 40 urban planners under 40; The region’s favorite neighborhood; Civic technology for the future. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Be safe or shut down
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New data could help poor kids gain access to nearby charters
A new report showing where students at each DC charter school live could breathe new life into an old idea: changing the law to allow charters to give an admissions preference to neighborhood residents. The new data could help officials pinpoint situations where a neighborhood preference would help rather than harm low-income students. In the past, some have objected that… Keep reading…
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Brunch links: Multi-modal
Share the road; Curb U-turns; Bus wash won’t be a wash; Hurry up for safety; Not so fast; Office space; Mixed-use school; Arts & science; We’ll ask Leif Dormsjo your questions. Keep reading…
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Should charters also be neighborhood schools?
At-large councilmember David Grosso has introduced a bill to allow DC charter schools to give priority to students in their neighborhood for admissions. Supporters say it will strengthen neighborhoods, while opponents worry it would further disadvantage children from poorer areas. It’s not a new idea. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Here we go again
White House floats 2014 budget; MoCo ped enforcement to target drivers, too; Charter preference lives; Area home prices reach historic highs; “ABRA-ization of development”?; Greenway drivers seeing red; Baker gets partial school control; How’s the gender gap?; And…. Keep reading…
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Don’t favor local kids in charter admissions, says task force
Charter schools don’t give priority to kids who live nearby, instead choosing all students from a citywide lottery. Some other big cities, like New York, allow or require a neighborhood preference in charter admissions. In a report released Friday, a DC task force set up to consider this idea recommended against DC following the lead of these cities. The task force did… Keep reading…
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Level the playing field for charters and neighborhood schools
Charter schools and traditional schools should have to give the same preference in admissions to neighborhood children. This would level the playing field between the types of schools. At the same time, charters need better access to facilities, also to level the playing field. Charter schools don’t have to give priority to children who live nearby, while neighborhood… Keep reading…
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Favoring local residents would undermine charter schools
Kwame Brown and Tommy Wells recently suggested that charter schools give special admission preference to families in the immediate neighborhood. While this may sound like a good idea at first, it would undermine the ability of many charters to be as successful as they are. The logic is this: if someone lives near a school, why shouldn’t they be able to attend it? Isn’t… Keep reading…