Posts tagged Race
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Breakfast links: Federal damage
The racist feds; The feds won’t build; Transit still suffers; Flintbrook?; Stop the Idaho Stop?; See the kid behind you; Reckless bus drivers; The chameleonic condo; Stops will get screens; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stay out, new residents
NYC power politics; Bethesda worries, too; Pols pander on parking; Renewed FBI push; Judge says no to recreation centers; You can park inside; Cheap parking pushes driving; And….; And and…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: The ups and downs of school choice
“Controlled choice” for DC schools?: An education think tank sponsored a panel discussion on how (or if) we can create a school assignment system that would create more socioeconomic diversity. (Fordham Institute) Or too few good choices?: One DC parent concludes that charters can’t solve the problem of educational inequity. (The Atlantic) Too much… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Building communities
Neighborhoods reflect disparities; DC’s first mixed-income redevelopment; Placemaking builds community; Trolley Trail connected; Public-private partnerships hit roadblocks; A glow-in-the-dark bike path; Demand, meet supply; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moment of silence
One dead, two injured; Solving the Orange Crush; Walkability a civil right; Parkway won’t help Dulles; Cafritz project has long history; Have smartphone, will travel; Second-tier cities become green; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get on bikes
Bikeshare Grand Opening!; Crystal City peddles bikes; Bikeshare thefts in Paris; Walkability and mortgage rates; No code red this summer; Ground-floor retail made easy; Twinbrook Metro development moves forward; Reopened Union Station turns 25; And…. Keep reading…
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DC’s most diverse charter schools
Which DC charter schools are the most racially and ethnically diverse? Here’s a list. To parents, the most important features of a school may include quality of instruction, proximity to home, and safety. These preferences matter in a place like DC where charter schools and choice are so prevalent. But many parents also look for another factor: racial and ethnic diversity. The… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What you think about Metro
Metro gets good marks…; … but not from Hiatt; More Metro morsels; Survey also says; Bike bits; Transit-oriented Wegmans at Tysons?; Howard tax break dead?; Would living wage scare off Walmart?; Borderstan no more; And…. Keep reading…
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De facto segregation threatens Montgomery public schools
Montgomery County Public Schools are often regarded as one of the best school systems in the nation, with schools routinely topping regional and national rankings. But as the county grows more diverse, MCPS is becoming a system of haves and have-nots. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where and how the people go
People up, driving down; Baltimore wants to “poach” residents; Now white and black people lose rights; Bases get smart (growth); Metro intercoms sort-of-broken?; Is it gentrification?; Congress Heights needs food options; Fighting continues at Manassas; And…. Keep reading…