WTOP: One week until Halloween: DC officials on leaf collection, pumpkin composting
With a week until Halloween, trees in the D.C. area are turning all kinds of magnificent colors — but we all know what happens next.
Washington Post: D.C. mailed incorrect ballots to more than 500 voters
The D.C. Board of Elections mailed incorrect ballots to 574 voters, due to mistakes matching residents to their new electoral districts after the city completed its decennial redistricting process several months ago.
DCist: Troubled D.C. Sports Betting App Would Get Competition Under New Bill
A new bill in the D.C. Council would open up the city to multiple mobile sports betting apps, effectively undoing the virtual monopoly currently held by the D.C. Lottery and its widely criticized GambetDC app.
Karl A. Racine in The Post: HUD’s damaging report on D.C. housing demands urgent action
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a damning indictment of the DC Housing Authority (DCHA) this month, confirming what my office, the D.C. auditor and residents have been saying for years: DCHA is failing tenants.
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District Dig: All Fudged Up — Is HUD an Overlord or an Enabler?
No District official ever wants the federal government poking around in D.C.’s back yard. Sometimes, however, as in the case of the D.C. Housing Authority, a public record and a culture of failure becomes so glaring that the feds are…
DCist: D.C., Md., And Va. See Big Drop In Math And Reading Scores
What’s known as “the nation’s report card” is in, and it’s not good news for students in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, who had some of the biggest declines in scores in the nation.
Axios: New bill would open D.C.’s sport betting to new apps
A new bill would open up D.C.'s much-criticized mobile sports betting program to big-name apps like FanDuel and DraftKings.
WTOP: ‘Sobering data’: National scores in DC area depict widening achievement gap
Math and reading scores for many students in D.C. area have largely declined, with the region’s most vulnerable students experiencing more significant declines than their peers, according to the latest standardized test data released…
Axios: Report: D.C. public schools math scores slump
D.C. public school students, as well as public charter students, saw some of the nation's biggest declines in math scores in 2022, per a national report out today.
Brandon White: Community collaboration can help close opportunity gaps for young people
When it comes to economic mobility for young people, their neighborhood and the education it affords are important, but not as important as their social network. A new study from economist Raj Chetty shows who one interacts with while…
District Links: DC schools see drop in math scores beyond national average; new council bill would…
District students experienced greater drops in math and reading test scores during the pandemic than the national average or the big city average, according to newly released results on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Press Release: OSSE Announces National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Results
News Release — DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday, Oct. 24, 2022
CONTACT: Fred Lewis
Today, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) announced the results from…
Washington Post: For students at Southeast D.C. school, an adventure on the Anacostia
Partnership pairs D.C. police officers with children who attend schools in communities that experience gun violence
Washington Post: Health equity grants awarded to groups helping low-income D.C. residents
A new fund targeting health disparities in the District announced its first grantees this week, including an organization that helps low-income people tackle medical debt and one that helps women of color create wealth after incarceration.…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: The Spy Museum gives autistic adults a night of their own
The D.C.-based museum is a place that explores the secret history of espionage, but it took openness and candor to make the night happen
WTOP: Grants renewed for 2 groups in DC attorney general’s violence interruption program
Two D.C. community organizations are getting a total of $750,000 in grants in an effort to decrease crime and violence in the District.
WTOP: DC Council member says video of arrest shows ‘aggressive use of police force’
D.C. police say they are now conducting an investigation after video of an arrest Thursday night in Southeast has drawn outrage from a D.C. Council member, who says he believes it shows excessive force.
Washington Post: D.C. police investigate viral video showing skirmish with officers
D.C. police are investigating a Thursday night incident captured in a viral video, which shows officers pushing one man into a fence and tackling another to the ground during a chaotic confrontation. A city council member, a local activist…
Colbert I. King in The Post: Why the D.C. Council’s oversight failings matter so much
The unanimously passed D.C. Council bill imposing needed reforms upon the deficit-riddled D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) can also be viewed as a vote of no confidence in Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration. The council, confronted with a…
DCist: Metro’s Latest Plan To Bring More 7000-Series Trains Into Service
After a week of public back and forth over the safest way to bring back more 7000-series trains, Metro has submitted another plan to its oversight body, the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission.