Washington Post: In 2018, they all became victims of a record-setting year of hatred in D.C.
A 12-year-old black girl walking home from school. Gay pals leaving a bar. A Trump family friend watching TV. A Muslim veteran driving to work.
Yearly Archives
2019
Press Release: DC Public Schools Launches School Year 2019-2020 with New Schools, Opportunities, and…
News Release — DC Public Schools
For Immediate Release: August 26, 2019
Contact: Shayne Wells
Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee welcomed students across the District of…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Launches 2019-2020 School Year with School Modernizations, New School…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Public Schools
August 26, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Shayne Wells (DCPS)
Mayor Bowser Launches 2019-2020 School Year with School Modernizations, New School Openings
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Tour guides take local history lessons to the streets for nine-day WalkingTown DC event in September
For DC tour guides accustomed to sharing details about the White House, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial with visitors to the nation’s capital without much knowledge of local DC and its history, Cultural Tourism DC’s annual…
Zachary Parker: If you care about Black and Brown kids, trust they can learn
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced last week that the District’s 2018-19 Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) results showed that our schools improved students’ English language arts (ELA) and mathematics…
William Haith: At Anacostia High School, we’re busy reimagining the future
I grew up in Anacostia, the heartbeat of Southeast. Every day of my childhood, I lived the life my students now live.
Over the past year, we experienced incredible heartbreak with the loss of Gerald Watson and other students who have…
Washington Post Editorial Board: An acclaimed preschool won’t open its doors this year. D.C.…
MONDAY MARKS the start of a new academic year for the District’s public schools. Sadly, one school that won’t be opening its doors to students is the AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter. Thanks largely to the indifference of D.C.…
Washington Post: School gardens thrive with summer volunteer program
Sara Carnochan plucked an orange Sungold tomato from its vine and popped it into her mouth. It was perfect.
WTOP: Seth Hurwitz ‘stepping aside’ from running 9:30 Club, Anthem after arrest
Seth Hurwitz, co-owner of 9:30 Club and The Anthem, is “stepping aside for the time being,” to allow the legal process to progress, after his arrest Wednesday for solicitation for prostitution.
Washingtonian: Washington’s Top 9 New Houses of the Year
The 2019 Washingtonian Residential Design Awards’ winning projects
Washington Post: Mayor Bowser is using Twitter in her fight to keep the DC Circulator free
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has not given up her fight to make DC Circulator rides free permanently, despite the D.C. Council having nixed her request to fund the proposal.
Washington Business Journal: New D.C. Airbnb restrictions could soon take effect as officials tee up…
New restrictions on short-term rentals in the District through home-sharing services like Airbnb could finally go into effect in the coming months, as officials gear up to start enforcing a law passed by the D.C. Council last year.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbons on Modernized Calvin Coolidge High School and Ida B.…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Public Schools
August 24, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Shayne Wells (DCPS)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbons at the modernized…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: Students said they felt unsafe going to and from school. Now, D.C.…
Exactly 0.6 miles. That’s the distance between where a gunman killed a 15-year-old honor roll student in May and where a crowd gathered on Friday to watch the District unveil several new initiatives aimed at keeping children safe.
Washington Post: A breast-feeding mother was asked to go to the nursing lounge at Nats Park. She…
It was the third inning of a humid Sunday afternoon game at Nationals Park, and Jessica Rosenberg’s 10-month-old daughter was hungry.
Colbert King in The Post: Mayor Bowser has the wrong story on Relisha Rudd
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) drew applause at a news conference this week when, in announcing her regulations to stop a planned federal shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in the city, she said: “We know when facilities are too big to…
Pete Tucker for Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting: WaPo Complicit in Corruption of DC Council’s…
When the FBI came knocking on DC Councilmember Jack Evans’ door in June, it set off an earthquake in local politics and business.
Mayor, chancellor celebrate latest round of modernizations as start of school year nears
Many DC students returning to school on Monday will find new classrooms, new programming space and new greenery on campuses across the District, thanks to $450 million worth of modernization projects completed over the summer.
The…
WTOP: DC launches new efforts to help students get safely to and from school
Kids who have to deal with violence in their communities may not always feel safe getting to and from school, but about two dozen businesses and organizations in D.C. now are offering to serve as safe havens for children if needed.
Washington Post Editorial Board: Building shelters in D.C. would help migrants, not hurt them
MANY AMERICANS are rightly outraged by the Trump administration’s treatment of migrant children, who have been separated from parents and ill-treated by authorities. Democrats have been understandably eager to distance themselves from such…