Posts tagged Schools
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Breafast links: Mostly Metro
$150 million one step closer; Backups: Good for your photos, good for Metro; Stand clear; It’s not the texting, it’s that he got caught?; Tarnished silver; Virginia, others underfund bikes and peds again. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Making and fixing mistakes
Safe but illegal routes to school; Highways becoming safer, still dangerous; Single tracking, here we come; Following in our mistakes; We’re like California, but at least we’re not like New England; Only Boston is more Luddite; And…; Bleedin’ billboard. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Raw deals
Worst deal ever; Disneyification, literally; Smart Growth is green and cheap; No room to expand. What parking lots?; Numbers on SmartBike; BamBike?; Paths not lanes; Desire of Detroit. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Skyscrapers and Oklahomans
And the best employer to commute to is…; Height limit debate of the day; Just under the wire; Senators preemptively reject reform; Let’s rotate fiscal conservatives through the Transportation Committee to educate them; And…. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Meet Virginia
Walk Arlington; Bike the bridge; Plan VRE; Compare school redevelopment plans. Keep reading…
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The growing classroom
The District is home to numerous community gardens and farmer’s markets. There is also a growing movement for the “greening” of schoolyards across the District through gardens at school sites. School gardens can serve as learning laboratories to promote the consumption of fresh produce as well as be used for academic instruction in areas of science, math, environmental… Keep reading…
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Could the slowing economy benefit DC schools?
The DC public schools sure could use some positive news given the recent reports of declining enrollment and mediocre test scores. DCPS has launched a new $9,000 ad campaign, titled “Rediscover DCPS”, to boast public confidence in the local school system. The first ad ran last month on WPGC (95.5 FM) with the tag line, “Go public and get a great free education!”… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not an accident
Police won’t charge Swanson’s killer; Really not an accident; They need Leon; ZipSegwayCar?; Kauai residents repair road themselves; Vacant schools draw bids; Splitting comments should be fixed. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Getting it done
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Dinner links: cheap, plentiful parking spaces are like clean coal
I got a new way to park: WebUrbanist finds “15 Creative, Innovative & Hilarious Parking Solutions”, from the giant VW factory cavern to falling into quicksand. Via Planetizen. Keep reading…