Posts tagged Poverty
-
Breakfast links: New year, old headways
In case you missed it; Heeding old headways; Housing our homeless; First step for flooding; Preventing shark-infested waters; Small living in Big Apple; Poetry in motion. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Wait until spring
Bus lane delays ahead; Bridge bummer; Show me the data; Office park makeover; Rhode Island Avenue revs up; Ashburn advances; Stranded in the South; Signs signs. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: No time like the present
Population pace; A new station; Assault on the Red Line; Funny but not funny; Home for the holidays; Zoo changes; Tis the season; Gun law change; Get serious. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: In with the new
Old space, new use; Defining historic; America’s 10 best new bike lanes; A greater College Park; Land swap shifts shelter; Buying charm in Bethesda; Dupont Circle’s fountain; Final ride; Hold the doors. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Let’s talk
GM making the rounds; Uber rides for all; Accessible Metro; Don’t stop the bus; The right stuff; See something, report something; Spend wisely; Verdict not in, yet; Make way; Historical street view. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Dude, where’s my railcar
New railcars on hold; Strengthen your core; Housing and politics; Meadowlands for DC?; Poor job on job training; Rockville tunnel; No development for Lake Anne; Biz for Prince George’s; FreshPAC money back; MoCo tackles student debt. Keep reading…
-
House prices are skyrocketing in central DC neighborhoods, but not in outlying ones
Have house prices in your neighborhood doubled or tripled in the last decade or so, making buying a house seem far out of reach? Or did the bust leave many house and condo owners underwater and they still haven’t recovered? It depends on where you live. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Purple people mover
Purple planning in Bethesda; Take it or leave it; Perilous platforms; Fund us, finally; Public pier coming soon; More cycling in Virginia; Glimmer of hope; Benefits of density; And…. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Be thankful
The worst is over; Transit transforms Tysons; Watch for crossing pedestrians; Make it look little; Where do the homeless go?; Safety first, Metro; Escalators rising; Trains beat planes, but…. Keep reading…
-
DCPS schools put unmotivated students in AP classes. That doesn’t work.
An influential education columnist is applauding the DC Public School system’s decision to expand Advanced Placement offerings, arguing that any motivated student should be allowed to take the college-level courses. But many high-poverty schools in DC simply assign students to AP classes even if they’re not willing to do the work. In September I wrote a… Keep reading…