Washington Post: D.C. students make steady gains on English portion of standardized exam
But math proved more difficult, and the achievement gap persists
Yearly Archives
2019
Curbed: D.C. is adding freshwater mussels to the Anacostia River to help clean it
35,000 native mussels will be reintroduced to the river, city officials say
WTOP: Young girl and her grandparents rescued from stalled Kennedy Center elevator
A young girl and her grandparents visiting the Kennedy Center scored front row seats to an unexpected adventure Sunday: being hoisted out of stranded elevator.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Celebrates Fourth Consecutive Year of Improvement on PARCC Assessment
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education
August 19, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Fred Lewis (OSSE)
Gains at DC Public Schools and DC Public Charter Schools…
‘Ms. Daisy’ drives her way into the hearts of Seaton Elementary students
The daisy is a delightful flower that opens each morning — the origin of its name, derived from an Old English term meaning “day’s eye.” So it’s only appropriate that Gloria Torrento Del Cid is known to everyone around her by a twist on…
Washington Post: NBA superstar Stephen Curry gives Howard University the gift of golf
Following a January screening of “Emanuel,” a documentary about the deadly 2015 shooting of nine black worshipers at a church in Charleston, S.C., a throng of Howard University students jockeyed for handshakes and selfies with the film’s…
Washington Post: They came to see ‘Aladdin’ but got stuck in a Kennedy Center elevator
The retired college professor remembered the D.C. firefighter dropping into the stalled elevator in the District on Sunday and saying, “This is not going to be pretty.”
Washington Post: Days before opening, a fire erupted in a D.C. school. The principal is unbowed.
The daily countdown to the start of school has reached single digits — and Digital Pioneers Academy is in shambles. Desks are buried in soot. Newly installed floors have been ripped up. A stench of smoke and cleaning chemicals lingers in…
Washington Post Editorial Board: For some of D.C.’s most violent criminals, a get-out-of-jail-soon…
RESIDENTS OF the District of Columbia deserve protection from the most violent criminals and to be confident those offenders receive prison sentences commensurate with the gravity of their crimes. A bill pending in the D.C. Council would…
NPR: D.C. Councilmember On Why He Opposes Proposed Facility For Migrant Families
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington, D.C. Council member Brandon Todd about the federal government's plan to build shelters for unaccompanied migrant children in the District.
John Kelly in The Post: Scooters, bikes and mopeds aren’t enough. We want dockless everything!
How did we end up here? I have a theory.
Washington Post: ‘We lost something special’: The women’s hospital in D.C. that became a Trader…
Dwayne Lawson-Brown couldn’t find a home in his hometown.
WTOP: Reversible lane, lower speed limit coming to East Capitol St. bridge
Major changes are coming for drivers on East Capitol Street near R.F.K. Stadium, including a new reversible lane and a lower speed limit.
WTOP: Annual Chuck Brown Day marks legacy of go-go pioneer
D.C. music legend Chuck Brown died a little more than seven years ago, but his memory is celebrated year-round in the syncopated rhythm of the music he’s known for pioneering.
WTOP: Want to ride a rental moped in DC? Revel offers free lessons to customers
There’s another transportation choice for folks who want to travel around D.C. on two wheels. New York-based Revel just launched in the city.
Washington Post: While stadium rusts away, newly opened Fields at RFK offers a glimpse into site’s…
For years, Lot 7 at RFK Stadium had sat as dormant as the abandoned stadium nearby, a 27-acre expanse of decaying asphalt on the west bank of the Anacostia River.
Washington Post: How sign-language interpreters convey the raw emotion of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
In a theater setting, sign-language interpretation is about more than words. It’s also about delivering the same emotional wallop to deaf audiences as to the hearing.
Mark Lee in the Washington Blade: Voter exclusion, now tax-funded
D.C. has begun doling out huge bundles of cash to local political candidates who engage in a new optional campaign public financing scheme. Tallies of tax monies already being distributed to mostly marginal long-shot candidacies are…
Washington Post: They’re making music — and history — in a legendary Southwest Washington house
In the basement of the newly renovated community center, 9-year-old Akeylah Edwards takes a seat in front of her computer and a small piano keyboard. Hanging on the wall next to her is a large red and pink painting with stickers reading…
WAMU: Advocates Focus On Making D.C.’s Immigrant Communities Count In 2020 Census
With the help of an $800,000 D.C. government grant, several community organizations will soon hit the ground running to ensure all residents are counted in the 2020 census. Their community outreach efforts will focus on so-called…