DC Public Schools Releases 2018 PARCC Scores, Showing Steady Gains Across All Grade Levels
Thursday, August 16, 2018
DC Public Schools Releases 2018 PARCC Scores, Showing Steady Gains Across All Grade Levels
(Washington, DC) Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Public Schools (DCPS) announced that DCPS students…
Public Charter School Students Continue to Improve Districtwide, New PARCC Scores Show
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Public Charter School Students Continue to Improve Districtwide, New PARCC Scores Show
Date: August 16, 2018
Contact: Tomeika Bowden
WASHINGTON, DC – Students at DC public charter schools are continuing to…
Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbon at Newly Modernized Bancroft Elementary School
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August 16, 2018
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Mayor Bowser Cuts the Ribbon at Newly Modernized Bancroft Elementary School
14 Schools Modernized Under Bowser Administration Including 6 Opening this Fall …
SBOE sees continued, but limited growth on PARCC test
For Immediate Release
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Contact: Paul Negron, Public Affairs Specialist
SBOE sees continued, but limited growth on PARCC test
Much work still to be done to close achievement gap…
Mayor Bowser Celebrates Third Consecutive Year of Improvement on PARCC Scores
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August 16, 2018
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Mayor Bowser Celebrates Third Consecutive Year of Improvement on PARCC Scores
Results Show More DC Students on Track for College and Career Readiness
(WASHINGTON,…
Artistic representation of Anacostia evolves from radio show into new exhibit
The 2016 radio series “Anacostia Unmapped” on WAMU helped introduce that Southeast DC neighborhood’s vibrant history to many listeners who had never set foot there, and it brought back memories for its longtime residents.
But a…
jonetta rose barras: Unethical developers in DC
The way local developer Geoffrey Griffis has been talking, an uninformed observer might conclude he is the victim in the Congress Heights apartment saga that has played out in the District for the past several years. DC Attorney General…
P.L. Wolff in The InTowner: From the Publisher’s Desk … Residents at Risk; DC Agency Not…
In the wee hours of Friday, July 13th (hmmm …) a huge swathe of the city north of K Street west of 7th and New York Avenue all the way east to the District line suddenly had water flowing through the mains that was potentially contaminated,…
Comprehensive history of Decatur House marks historic home’s bicentennial
In time for the bicentennial of the Decatur House on Lafayette Square, the White House Historical Association has released The Stephen Decatur House: A History. This coffee-table extravaganza examines every corner of the iconic home at…
Progressive Elissa Silverman faces pro-business challenge in at-large council race
In December of 2016, as Democrats across the country were still reeling from President Donald Trump’s election the month before, progressives in the District of Columbia got some welcome news. The DC Council passed legislation guaranteeing…
Mayor Bowser Visits San Salvador and Signs Sister City Agreement
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August 14, 2018
CONTACT:
Anu Rangappa (EOM)
Mayor Bowser Visits San Salvador and Signs Sister City Agreement
Agreement Establishes Cooperative Relationship in Areas of Economic & Youth Development, Public…
Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. police were right to separate white supremacists from the…
IT WAS a gratifying reaffirmation of American values when thousands of protesters turned out Sunday to denounce the few dozen white-nationalist bigots who rallied across from the White House on the anniversary of last year’s mayhem in …
District’s 296 ANC races draw up to five candidates, but two-thirds are uncontested
About a third of the District’s 296 advisory neighborhood commission seats have contested races, based on the candidate list released by the DC Board of Elections last week after the petition deadline for the Nov. 6 election.
The number is…
Washington Post: Progressive D.C. lawmaker outraised by business-backed challenger, reports show
A challenger backed by the city’s business community has outraised D.C. Council member Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) in the latest campaign finance period, new filings show. S. Kathryn Allen, an insurance agent and former banking…
jonetta rose barras: Elissa Silverman — always gloved
At-large DC Council member Elissa Silverman has been described as both an irritating politician and an enigma. “She has an edge about her that is hard to deal with,” one of her council colleagues told me. Others asserted that she presents…
AG Racine Takes Action Against Neglectful Property Owners to Stop Crime in District Neighborhoods
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Monday, August 13, 2018
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Office of Communications
Marrisa Geller
AG RACINE TAKES…
Letter to the editor: Tipped workers need full repeal of Initiative 77
As an African-American woman who relies on tips to make ends meet, I could not disagree more with the points made by Ward 3 DC Council member Mary Cheh in her recent commentary (“Mary Cheh: DC Council should seek middle ground on Initiative…
David Bardin in Forest Hills Connection: We the People versus Congress
We often hear complaints about Congressional meddling in local, District of Columbia issues. But almost nobody knows that our ninth President, William Henry Harrison, deemed such meddling unconstitutional. It turns on what “We the People”…
Post Editorial Board: How to confront the bigots in D.C.’s streets
IT WAS preposterous for Metro to have considered using separate, dedicated subway cars for the array of racists, bigots, neo-Nazis, white nationalists and other thugs set to descend Sunday on Washington on the anniversary of the violence…
Muriel Bowser in The Post: George Washington University Hospital will bring a health system to Wards…
There is nothing more important to my administration than the health and well-being of Washingtonians. Without our health, we cannot live up to our potential as individuals or as a community. In 2018, the District is one of many places…