Posts tagged Washington State
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Tackling truancy, part 3: The solution is collaboration
This is the third installment of a series on truancy in DC schools. Read part 1 and part 2. Truancy isn’t a new problem, nor one unique to DC. School systems around the country have tried various approaches that leverage state services and civil society to engage the child and their family on many levels. Many have been able to take a bite out of chronic truancy. In the end,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro’s got the beat
Metrobeat?; 3rd suicide avoided; Transit Center problems go further; No streetlight contract again; Really tall pop-up; “Mega-commutes” not uncommon; Silly other states; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Plans for the future
Narrow here, wide there; Cycle track’s death greatly exaggerated; Sustainable politics; The future of Fairfax is smart growth; DASH gets bike racks; Sequester in the park; No longer in the zone?; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend bonus links: West coast, east coast
“War on cars” fake in Seattle; What might have been in LA; David, elsewhere; McDonnell fails Freakonomics; Leggett says he’s for Bethesda entrance; Cubic buys NextBus; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where to put it
Where to put industrial uses?; Georgetown boathouse may stay, after all; Football opens doors?; Insure-as-you-go?; 2013: the year for budget autonomy?; Even truckers want transit; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Go the distance
Silver Line to Largo requires extra silver; Spingarn gets historic; No rentals at St. E’s?; Council committee giveth; Council committee taketh away; What changed after Rhee?; Can Amtrak ever satisfy Congress?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get Smart
More ways to get a SmarTrip; City Dems, rural GOP?; Long poll lines need fixing; Transit agencies announce inauguration service; Get to Georgetown easier; Outreach breeds support; A second term how to; Where’d everyone go?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Work it out
Track work in OT; Still no love for Calvary; IMPACT will have a less harsh impact; Take it for a spin; America becoming more income segregated; A greater greater (Seattle) Washington bus map; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Heating up
Heat slows Metro; Pay by phone at 2 Metro lots; Wells wants to cut camera fines; Wards 5 and 8 get largest slice of the pie; Long commutes contain sprawl; Seattle plans for more, quicker density; Syracuse wants to lose “Berlin Wall”; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: A city oozing like batter
Stretch taller strategically; Or maybe keep it on the DL; Put some places first; Biking costs cities less and more; Vegas markets places, not neighborhoods; Seattle’s food forest; And…. Keep reading…