DCist: D.C. Public Schools To Reopen With Virtual And In-Person Classes This Fall
D.C. Public Schools will return to school with a mix of in-person and online learning next month, multiple news outlets reported Wednesday.
Yearly Archives
2020
Washington Post: Mardena Dobson, 89, beloved D.C. teacher, grandmother and neighbor, dies of…
Mardena Dobson always brought extra money on field trips — if a student couldn’t afford lunch or snacks, the D.C. teacher would sneak them some pocket change for food. The longtime educator at Kimball Elementary in Southeast Washington…
Nick Cheolas in Greater Greater Washington: Why I’m not running for ANC commissioner again. And why…
It was October 24, 2018, less than two weeks before Election Day, when I decided to fling myself at a then-empty ballot as a write-in candidate to lead the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) in Edgewood. “Better me than nobody,” I…
Greater Greater Washington: What do the 2020 at-large DC Council candidates have to say about…
As part of Greater Greater Washington’s endorsement process for the non-Democratic at-large seat, our elections committee emailed our questionnaire, addressing housing, transportation, and land use issues, to candidates running in the…
Nadine Moulta-Ali in The 74: A Curriculum That Builds Deep Knowledge Is a Critical Tool for Equity,…
Washington, D.C., is my home, and as an educator, I’m proud of that. Here’s a glimpse into why: Just before District of Columbia Public Schools closed in March, I observed a class of fourth-graders joyfully adding fractions on a number…
Mashea M. Ashton in The 74: We Can’t Wait for In-Person School to Return. So My D.C. Charter School…
Summer has just begun for students and teachers nationwide, but next school year already feels too near. With COVID-19 data indicating an impending second surge, the menu of school re-entry scenarios is changing daily. The urge to reopen…
Washington Post: D.C. slips in key coronavirus metric as region sees highest caseload in weeks
The greater Washington region recorded its highest daily coronavirus caseload in weeks Wednesday as the District lost more ground in its fight to quell the pandemic.
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Unveils New Strategy to Enhance Equity in District Development…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 15, 2020
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
Kate Hartig (DMPED)
RFP for Langston-Slater…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Proclaims July 15, 2020 ‘Officially End Taxation Without Representation…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 15, 2020
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – To mark today’s filing deadline for tax returns, Mayor Muriel Bowser proclaimed Wednesday, July…
WTOP: DC emergency order to be extended; uptick in coronavirus infections
As parents await information on what their children will face for the new school year, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that she will extend D.C.’s state of emergency order.
WTOP: DC Council committee approves racial equity bill
The D.C. Council Committee on Government Operations voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve the Racial Equity Achieves Results Act.
DCist: D.C., Maryland, Virginia All Report Highest Coronavirus Caseloads Since Early June
D.C., Maryland, and Virginia all reported their highest COVID-19 case counts since early June on Wednesday.
WTOP: ‘Red Wolves’ is preferred new football name among some wildlife advocates
A potential new name for Washington’s football team is the “Washington Red Wolves,” and it is gaining support online not only from fans but from wildlife conservation groups.
Philip Kennicott in The Post: America’s libraries are essential now — and this beautifully renovated…
If you want to understand the abject failure of America, look to its libraries.
DCist: Only 6% Of People Tested In D.C. Have Coronavirus Antibodies
Just a small fraction of people tested for antibodies in the District have them.
Washington Post: Shakespeare Theatre Company sheds a third of its staff
In another sign of the financial havoc the covid-19 crisis is wreaking on arts groups, Shakespeare Theatre Company has laid off a third of its full-time employees and cut its budget by 44 percent.
In uncertain financial environment, go-go advocates press for DC arts funding equity
After months of intense advocacy efforts over equitable arts funding for go-go music, the DC Council has tentatively voted to allocate $3 million in the upcoming fiscal year for programs that will support the newly designated official…
Press Release: AG Racine Announces Castle Management to Pay $3.5 Million to Ward 8 Tenants and the…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 15, 2020
MEDIA CONTACT: Office of Communications
Two Neglectful Landlords Also Settle OAG Lawsuits Over Unsafe Property Conditions, Including…
Washington Blade: Media outlets assail D.C.’s proposed ad tax
The Washington Blade and Tagg magazine, the local publication that covers issues of interest to lesbians of color, have joined the Washington Informer, one of D.C.’s two African-American newspapers, in calling on the D.C. Council to drop a…
Press Release: Norton Outlines Major Victories for D.C. and the Nation in the Moving Forward Act
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 15, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In light of interest in the highways and transit provisions of the Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2), which the House…