Alyse Graham in The Post: D.C. Water steps up
Regarding the Aug. 17 Metro article “D.C. Water to overhaul alerts after July missteps”: Can we pause to recognize and applaud municipal accountability and leadership at work?
jonetta rose barras: Spinning the numbers
It appears District of Columbia education leaders and elected officials, including Mayor Muriel Bowser, have conspired to deliberately mislead the public about the academic achievement of public school students on this year’s standardized…
Harry Jaffe on NBC4: Mayor Bowser Below Grade In Running DC Schools
As giddy students and nervous parents begin the new school year in D.C. on Monday, it’s the perfect time to deliver report cards on Mayor Muriel Bowser, the elected official in charge of our public schools.
Washington Post: In race to retain DC At-Large Council seat, Silverman seeking to knock challenger…
D.C. Council member Elissa Silverman on Monday sought to knock a challenger off the November ballot, alleging that the opponent’s nominating petitions include nearly 4,000 invalid signatures. S. Kathryn Allen, the challenger who is backed…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: ‘The last time I held her’: How a homeless musician reclaimed the love of…
Ruth Ann was finally back in his arms. “May 7, 2017,” he said. “That was the last time I held her.” In the year and three months he’d been apart from Ruth Ann, his hands went a little janky. They’d been together for 24 years, so holding her…
Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library to Close Sept. 1 and 2
For Immediate Release:
August 20, 2018
Media Contact:
George Williams
Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Library to Close Sept. 1 and 2
Two-day Closure Part of Roof Repair Work
(Washington, D.C.) - The Shepherd Park Library located at …
Mark Lee in The Washington Blade: Two-thirds of D.C. neighborhood races uncontested
Fully two-thirds of all D.C. advisory neighborhood commission (ANC) seats citywide will again have either no candidate running for election or only one uncontested candidate name will appear on the ballot in the November general election.
Local family turns unwanted items into needed funds for area nonprofits
Chevy Chase DC resident Elizabeth Workman has turned her 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector into a family affair that’s helping neighbors rid themselves of unwanted items for the benefit of people in need.
Workman spent 10…
Washington Post Editorial Board: Metro just got handcuffed to a dismal future
AS THINGS stand now, the price of paying pensions and health benefits to Metro retirees into the future is about $5.8 billion. That’s a big bill, and it looks only more daunting when you consider that Metro has barely half that amount. The…
Mayor Bowser Kicks Off 2018-2019 School Year at DCPS’ First All-Girls School, Leads Slow Down…
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August 20, 2018
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LaToya Foster (EOM)
Mayor Bowser Kicks Off 2018-2019 School Year at DCPS’ First All-Girls School, Leads Slow Down Campaign
Mayor Organized Administration Officials in Welcoming Students…
David Grosso: DC leaders must pay attention when students explain what they need
This week marks the return to school for most students in the District of Columbia. In the last decade, significant progress has been made to provide quality educational opportunities to our students. There have been great improvements in…
Scott Goldstein: DC schools need to shift mindset from compliance to inspiration
Few experiments in the recent history of education reform in the United States have garnered as much attention as the reform efforts ushered in by Michelle Rhee in this city just over a decade ago.
A narrative was built that DC’s…
Karen Williams: School can be a warm, exciting place to be
It’s back-to-school time! That phrase evokes many memories for me, some extremely pleasant and some not so much. Way back when I was entering Ballou High School, I really looked forward to the first day. Summer vacations seemed too long,…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: ‘You’re stupid’: A boy who has lead poisoning is taunted. Who is…
Chanelle Mattocks asked what any mother would in her situation: “Who do we hold responsible?” Before her family moved into a subsidized home in Washington that had been approved by city inspectors, she had a typical 3-year-old. Then, she…
Judy Tolmach Silber in The Post: Our most vulnerable children are still being neglected
The lawsuit filed in federal court on behalf of emotionally disturbed children is more of a scandal to those of us old enough to remember the class-action lawsuit Bobby D. v. Barry, filed in 1977 on behalf of the same population of…
District of Columbia Economy Adds More Than 8,000 Jobs in July
District of Columbia Economy Adds More Than 8,000 Jobs in July
Friday, August 17, 2018
(Washington, DC) – The District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES) reported today that the seasonally…
Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbon at the Newly Modernized Boone Elementary School
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August 18, 2018
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Susana Castillo (EOM)
Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbon at the Newly Modernized Boone Elementary School
School Name Changes from Orr to Lawrence E. Boone Elementary, Reflecting School that…
Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbon at Newly Modernized Murch Elementary School
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August 18, 2018
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbon at Newly Modernized Murch Elementary School
14 Schools Modernized Under Bowser Administration Including 6 Opening this Fall …
Mayor Bowser Appoints New Food Policy Director
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August 17, 2018
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Mayor Bowser Appoints New Food Policy Director
Food Policy Expert Ona Balkus Brings Wealth of Experience to Fulfill Mayor Bowser’s Commitments to a…