Posts tagged Mayoral Control
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Breakfast links: Nous aimons Paris
A show of support; Westbard debates; Housing first in DC; StalePAC; Banking on the District; VRE for Central VA; Baby boom, child care bust; Bike fatality. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keep DC desirable
Still a magnet for millennials?; Boomers shift to the city; Will WMATARU succeed?; Pro-Bowser PAC launches; Bad tunnel deal; Service dog problems; Hogan’s popular; School boundary shuffle; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro changes
Safety strides; New addition; Red light, green light; Evict-ory for tenants; Balancing act; Education budget in limbo; Reset; Funding mass transit; And…. Keep reading…
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DC test scores have improved for both low-income and more affluent students
Standardized test scores in DC have risen significantly in the seven years since schools came under mayoral control, according to a recent study, and it’s not just because of an increase in affluent students. But while math scores have gone up steadily, literacy scores have largely stalled after an early jump. While DC officials have touted increases in test scores as… Keep reading…
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Residents feel mayoral control has muffled the public’s voice in education
Mayoral control of DC’s schools may have speeded reform, but many residents feel they have less input into education decisions than they used to, according to a new report. The report also found that people are worried charter school growth is threatening the stability of DC Public Schools. Community members interviewed for the report complained that it was often hard… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hot and cold
More snow today; Education debate gets heated; DC’s ugliest buildings; Car2Go raises rates; Free bus to Metro continued; Restore service or decrease fares?; Unfortunate Charm City milestone; Unusual crime fighting methods; High Line critters; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get out of the bike lane
Drivers ignore cycle tracks; DDOT hall of shame; A pop-up ban?; Nobody votes for the mayor anymore; Taxi drivers sue city to stop impounding cars; Metro accomplishes safety recommendations; Whole Foods comes to H Street NE; Big change in China?; And…. Keep reading…
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DC’s mayor can’t oversee himself
The recent investigation into cheating in DC schools highlights a little-understood fact in the District: Our mayor has too much power. Every state-level agency charged with overseeing the mayor’s activities reports to the mayor — a level of control that exists nowhere else in the country. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Here we go again
White House floats 2014 budget; MoCo ped enforcement to target drivers, too; Charter preference lives; Area home prices reach historic highs; “ABRA-ization of development”?; Greenway drivers seeing red; Baker gets partial school control; How’s the gender gap?; And…. Keep reading…
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Morning bell: Look inside a school
High school life; Schools under mayors raise achievement; Rewards for “achievers”; Deputy Mayor Smith; Where to put Ward 5 middle school?; Maddening incentives; Pop Tart guns OK?. Keep reading…