Opinion

A Washington Post columnist wrote something earlier this year that I keep handy because it encapsulates so well a prevailing but erroneous impression of DC schools: “The District’s public school system,” columnist Petula Dvorak wrote, “has…

Months of contentious debate over One Fair Wage will end soon with the mayor’s expected signature on the DC Council bill repealing Initiative 77, which DC voters passed overwhelmingly in June. The controversy, which has raged since the…

What took them so long? DC Council members finally got serious this week about disrupting the plan to close Providence Hospital in Ward 5. They unanimously passed the Clarification of Hospital Procedure Emergency Amendment Act of 2018.…

Some DC Council members, including Ward 6’s Charles Allen, have somehow come to believe that one of the best methods for assisting low-income and African-American residents in the city is to create an environment of lawlessness. Allen…

Almost all of us can tell stories about personal restroom emergencies, many of which come to an embarrassing end. I have plenty, including the time I suddenly had to turn around less than a mile into a run and sprint back to my hotel in…

Mayor Muriel Bowser threw down two legislative proposals last week that could escalate economic development at Reunion Square in downtown Anacostia in Ward 8 and at Ward 5’s Brookland Manor on Rhode Island Avenue NE, an apartment complex…

Last week, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration rightfully celebrated the opening of the first DC General replacement shelter, which is scheduled to welcome its first residents soon. Called The Kennedy, the shelter is a 45-unit building…

I recently attended Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Maternal and Infant Health Summit. It was a great show and messaging event. It was marred, however, by the fact that while Bowser had just signed the Birth-to-Three for All DC Amendment Act of 2018,…

Many people will tell you that the role of school principal in DC is hard. Well, it’s actually exhausting and sometimes it’s thankless. While all of those statements may be true, what often doesn’t make headlines is the tremendous joy and…

When it pours like it has in recent weeks, it’s easy to see that stormwater is the biggest challenge facing Rock Creek. A cursory search for Rock Creek on social media shows visitors in awe, photographing the force and volume of water…

There is every reason to expect DC’s public school enrollment to increase in the coming years. In DC, the childbirth count is up by 1,000 per year compared to 10 years ago. More families are staying in the city and choosing public schools…