Posts tagged Schools
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Breakfast links: What people want
No retail at Fairgrounds; What would you build?; MoCo BRT sleek, ambitious; Rent hard to control; Pay for school; Too much conflict and not enough; Rush+ gets limelight; Less is more; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: The culture war comes here
Gay rights take step forward; Women’s rights take step backward; Put gentrifiers, not football players, at Res. 13; Simmer down now, DC Council; Council beefs up transportation expertise; Charter schools on the trigger; NO TAGS? $20,000 in tickets; The Tide rolls in; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bills, bills, bills
FTA could regulate transit; McDonnell doesn’t get everything; HUD helps PG; Gray holds One City summit; Little help from Obama; BW bike trail?; Lobby for Maryland equality; In Arlington…. Keep reading…
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DC Council and OSSE dragging feet on community schools
When the DC Council gave control of the schools to the mayor in 2007, the law required DC to create community schools, but there has been little progress since. The Council can rectify this problem by passing a proposed law to create incentives for community schools. Community schools are schools that provide after-hours services to students and their families and communities. … Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Prince George’s reflects on past and future
Odds set against gambling ban; Design matters for successful TOD; Maryland town sees a demographic shift; Alley dispute hinges on a 1789 deed; Some Metro workers need a break; Drug allegations crush Anacostians; Streetscapes: worth it?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Crumbling no longer
Walmart site was “land banked”; See National Cathedral’s damage; Metrobus steps up tracking; DC’s GU campus posture unfair; DC has deadliest week this year; Middle schools inequitable across the river?; NPS working with pedicabs; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The new big thing
More signs for Chinatown?; DC getting a new tunnel; GM backpedals on anti-cyclist ad; New leader discovers MoCo problems; COG opposes airports takeover; DC eschews Superfund’s toxic stigma; Treehouse of horrors; Historic preservation a “black box”?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Different modes to work catch on
Bike commuters get their own secure parking; Fairfax chooses multi-modal commutes; Fairfax wants Pentagon to provide road upgrades; Howard mostly divested of LeDroit; Renting jumps in local city; Local developer’s sons develop a taste for urban infill; McDonnell gets a representative; Calling all DC transit fans; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Under pressure
Pressure mounts on DC middle schools; Bowser has her own ethics challenge; Tenants sue over living conditions; Earthquake caused more damage than thought; No fault in Jefferson Memorial arrests; Don’t call it a bribe; Everyone doesn’t love a party; And…. Keep reading…
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School capacity tests make sprawl worse
A few years ago Gaithersburg adopted an ordinance to ensure that infrastructure keeps up with growth. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Unfortunately, the law turned out to be counterproductive, as it damaged the city’s ability to grow in the right places. Gaithersburg has a big problem. On one hand, the city is trying very hard to promote smart growth. They’ve… Keep reading…