Posts about Links
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Breakfast links: Transportation equipment that doesn’t move
Boxy units; Streetcar in November?; Council votes yes to say no; Bike bits; Copenhagen’s cycle snake; Parking space living; Take the kids on Uber; Lyft launch postponed; WiFi for safety. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Report on school discipline prompts legislation and yields some surprises
Ease up on preschoolers: Reacting to a recent report on school discipline from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, DC Councilmember David Grosso introduced a bill that would prohibit DCPS and charter schools from expelling or suspending pre-kindergarteners. (Post) Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: By the numbers
Gray vetoes budget; Pedestrian barrier for Route 1; How to pay for Phase Two?; Region falls behind in job growth; Buy DC land, build affordable housing; Housing trouble in Chinatown; Milloy doesn’t back down; Like riding a bike; Can’t buy booze in New Hampshire; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Progress and delay on the special education front
Special ed legislation advances: The DC Council’s Education Committee unanimously approved legislation that would speed the delivery of services to children with disabilities. The full council will vote on it in the fall. (Post) Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better buses
More buses on 16th Street; An electric Circulator?; Less parking, more business; More bikes, fewer tickets; Housing for the homeless; Theater for Union Market?; Look to Oregon’s Trails; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Do DC’s test results paint too rosy a picture?
No real progress?: Critics charge that the apparent rise in DC’s standardized test scores is the result of manipulation of the data, and that the improvement reflects an influx of wealthier students. DC officials disagree. (Post) Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Ward 8 winners
Bike lanes in all 8 wards; Wait, there’s an election?; Housing the homeless; A small moratorium lift; FBI to… AFRH?; Facelift for Upper Marlboro?; Where are the stores?; Filmed in DC?; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: New charter school says its only option was to locate near a DCPS school
No Harmony here: DCPS is upset because the Harmony School of Excellence-DC, a new science-themed charter school, will open across the street from Langley Elementary, which has a similar focus. But, echoing a familiar charter complaint, Harmony’s founder says he couldn’t find any other suitable location. (Examiner) More Hispanic kindergarteners: Between… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Development past and future
A complete Clarksburg; Down to two; Permits for pub crawls; Columbia Heights development leader dies; So long, Baier; Induced demand is real; Replace the gas tax?; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Would joint planning by DCPS and the charter sector help or hurt DC schools?
What’s behind the conflict: Two DC education reporters and Deputy Mayor for Education Abigail Smith discuss DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson’s call for more coordinated planning between the charter and traditional public school sectors, and the resistance mounted by some charter advocates. (WAMU) Maryland educators oppose delaying school start date: Three… Keep reading…