Posts tagged Poverty
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Breakfast links: Housing hunt
New housing for homeless; Housing heights; Union Market makes its mark; A new town at Gallaudet; Governance in transit; Endorse statehood too?; Freight space. Keep reading…
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How fast housing in DC is growing unaffordable, in 3 charts
Everyone not living under a rock knows that DC is booming with huge demand for people to live here. It’s also a well-accepted fact that this trend is squeezing out the poorer residents. A new report from the Urban Institute graphs just how strong this effect is. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Public housing redevelopment
A new neighborhood in Brentwood; Empty in Anacostia; FBI not near the Metro?; Flat is where it’s at; Cheh wants Uber legal; Minimum wage to $8.40; Purple Line OK in Bethesda?; Buses to the curb, please; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let the debates begin
Mayoral candidates spar in debate; Pot legalization likely; More bike commuters; Income inequality is high; Support for school boundaries; Bethesda blues; No Silver Line payment runoff; Long Bridge replacement; Fully automated transit coming to Hawaii; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Growth patterns
Inner-ring suburbs lose residents; Families avoid coastal metros; Can’t always get what you want; Cash crunch at Metro; DC’s Grand Central; It’s too crowded; DC mayoral choices “uninspiring”; Cleaner rivers not clean enough; One stop for homeless help; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More or less
Less crime on Metro; More and less parking needed; We’re the most expensive! Or least!; Scrutiny for traffic cameras; Who killed Kirby; Hear, hear statehood; A sign of the times; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Taxi money
Driven out; Hailo for less-o; A freeway revolt in the making?; Cycletracks can reduce car congestion; Transportation is key to sustainability; Will garden cities help housing costs?; How to be polite; Memorial for freed slaves; And…. Keep reading…
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Three maps that illustrate the connection between poverty and low test scores
These 3 maps show where poor kids live in DC, and how students in each neighborhood score on standardized tests in reading and math. They’re a vivid illustration of the connection between poverty and low test scores. DC Action for Children, with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, recently worked with a team of volunteers to create the DC Kids Count data tool, an interactive… Keep reading…
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Five lessons one woman’s story teaches us about poverty and education in DC
Over two decades ago, Tenille Warren was a student at a high-poverty junior high school in Southeast DC. Last week, at the age of 37, she started college. What happened in between holds lessons for anyone trying to improve educational outcomes for low-income students. According to a story in Sunday’s New York Times, when Warren was a student at Kramer Junior High—now… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Winter is coming
Homeless numbers increase; All men must age; You know nothing, Muriel Bowser; Alleyways to fun; Don’t litter in DC; Pipeline coming to Virginia?; Arlington students walk; Walk the DC boundary; More highway spending?. Keep reading…