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
CONTACT:
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…
Jack Evans in The Post: The FBI building belongs in D.C. — at Poplar Point
I agree with the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw plans to move the FBI headquarters, located on the 900 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW, to proposed sites in Maryland or Virginia. The proposal to relocate our nation’s domestic…
Ariel Levinson-Waldman and Joanna Weiss in The Post: D.C. should stop suspending driver’s licenses…
No one should lose the right to drive because he or she can’t afford a fine. No one should have to risk incarceration because he or she needs to drive to work, pick up kids or rush a family member to the hospital.
Letter to the editor: Gradual implementation wouldn’t cure Initiative 77 problems
We own a small business in the District and know what it takes to create jobs in our neighborhood. That is why we are so disappointed with the misinformation put forward in the recent column by Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh ("Mary Cheh:…
Capital Projections: Summer lovin’ edition
Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
What fools most Shakespeare adapters be.…
District Dig: Over Circulated — Anthony Williams’ handpicked candidate submits forged signatures to…
The first tell was the name, address and signature of the incumbent’s legislative director on the ballot petition of a competitor in the November election for At-Large D.C. Council. One line below, was the signature of a longtime Democratic…
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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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,…