Posts tagged Poverty
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Breakfast links: Metro is listening
Metro seeking input; Fewer trains, steady ridership; Tax break incentives; Layoffs at LivingSocial; Falling wages; Not homeless anymore; Carpooling the Uber way; Gallaudet redevelopment advances; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Honing housing
Can’t afford Congress Heights?; Bathroom debate; Shoplifting surveillance; Spooky streets; Whooo goes there?; Celebrity cyclists; Penn Ave bike lane mistake?; And…. Keep reading…
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I’m an employer, and I support DC’s family leave bill
Employees who work in DC could soon be entitled to 16 weeks of paid time off for the birth of a child, to care for a sick family member, or recover from illness, under a bill introduced this week. As someone who runs a small nonprofit that will soon employ three people, I think this is a great idea. As someone who writes about the forces that affect where people live, I also think it’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better leave
Plans for more paid leave; Admitting is the first step, Metro; Corralling papal crowds; Fair funding for schools; Policing bikes; A new GWU. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who bears the burden?
The wheels on the bus go … somewhere else; Too much trash; It’s not a slam dunk; Back in the old days; Helping the homeless; High-speed step; Parking is never free; Streetcar deja vu. Keep reading…
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How school choice can make it harder to solve the problems of poverty
For those who believe a system of school choice is the answer to our education woes, DC is a model for the rest of the nation. But the decline of the neighborhood school can make it harder to address the needs of poor children in a comprehensive way. DC is a bastion of school choice, with only about a quarter of students attending their assigned neighborhood school. Overall, 44% of DC… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: One step forward
Her plan for the homeless; Teach a kid to bike; Fixing the finances; Bike share pick; Sue me, SSTC; School’s out forever; Mapping our history; The Lance Armstrong Effect. Keep reading…
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Some are questioning whether all students should be on a college prep track
A former professor who spent two years teaching in a high-poverty DC Public Schools high school advocates separating students into a college prep track and other tracks that would lead directly to jobs. But to really know who belongs in which track we need to revamp an elementary school system that has left almost all poor students woefully unprepared for a college prep curriculum. The… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: She’s got a ticket to ride
Don’t cross the Potomac; Ride On or not; Split or ride alone; Death on the road; Pershing Park proposals; Count them; Housing vouchers; Cash money; Hot stations; Fun fun fun. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: I can’t take it anymore!
Mad as hell; Rise of the mini-city; Fix income disparities; Rethink retirement; Teach kids to ride; Meals on wheels; New digs for TSA; Survey says…. Keep reading…