Posts about District of Columbia
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Struggling readers in DC’s high schools need help from professional tutors
Many students in DC’s high-poverty middle and high schools have reading skills far below their grade level, and they’ve become disengaged from school as a result. We can get them back on track if we’re willing to invest in paid, professional tutors who will work with them intensively. In Ward 8’s three DC Public School middle schools, only about 25%… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Legal leaps
Purple or private?; Parking’s history; Taking a toll; Can you hear me now?; A strong Dulles; Parking pivot; Middle class and the car; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cut off
All falls down; Emancipation Day; High flying; Location, location; Wage wants; Goodies; No fly zone; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Something old, something new
The 7k’s debut; Free range saga continues; Million dollar city; Arlington declining; Foot stomping; I’m a uniter; Glow in the dark; Driverless trains. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Take a ride
Not bad; Columbia Pike Metro?; Squash pop-ups; Parks, not parking; Passing grade; Just say no; Call the play; And…. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Get up and go!
Get outside and grab some exercise with these great events, or if you’re feeling a little less active, mark your calendar for Metrobus meetings. Still too much for you? Take an online survey to give your feedback! New modes in New Carrollton: New Carrollton as a vibrant, multimodal hub? New Purple Line connections, pedestrian and bike-friendly development, and state… Keep reading…
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DDOT’s newest performance parking program will be its best
In May, DDOT will launch its most robust performance parking experiment to date. The program, called ParkDC, will significantly change how people park in Gallery Place: the cost to park a car on some of downtown’s most in-demand blocks will rise or drop according to demand. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Congratulations, it’s a train!
Birth of a Metro car; Deja vu?; I can’t see them; In n’ out; Diet commitments; Marines on the move; The library goes to school; Cooped up; Gotta go; “Up” house floating away; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the rise
Back on track; Just around the corner; Aim high; Save the ‘sphere; Decisions, decisions; How we gonna pay?; It’s gentrification; Too darn high; And…. Keep reading…
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Vincent Orange would close DC’s gates against younger and/or poorer residents
If you want to live in one of DC’s row house neighborhoods but don’t make a ton of money, a new bill by DC at-large councilmember Vincent Orange would slam the door in your face while it hastens gentrification and displacement of poor residents. Keep reading…