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The DC Fiscal Policy Institute, a progressive think tank, argues in a new report that the District needs to double its yearly investment in the Housing Production Trust Fund in order to account for rising construction costs and the…
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In so many ways Pat McGuire feels her career has been a series of “well-managed coincidences.” A lawyer by training, she never aspired to be a college president. But, this year, McGuire is celebrating her 30th year as president of Trinity…
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In a new report Northwest parents are calling for the creation of at least four new public schools to address severe overcrowding at Woodrow Wilson High School and many of its feeder schools. After spending two years studying solutions…
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As the nation grappled repeatedly with the issue of police brutality, 10 teenage girls participating in a Ward 5 after-school program met weekly from 2015 to 2017 to collaborate on a novel, drawing from their own experiences and…
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A new day center for individuals experiencing homelessness has opened its doors on at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in the heart of downtown DC. At a Feb. 25 ribbon-cutting ceremony, DC Department of Human Services director Laura…
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The DC Council declined to take a vote Tuesday on expanding a tax break for homeowners in face of opposition from several lawmakers and advocates for the needy who claim it primarily benefits high-income residents. It marked a quick…
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A new year means new leadership for DC’s State Board of Education (SBOE), and this year’s selections brought fresh evidence of a change in direction. The board elected Ward 3’s Ruth Wattenberg and Ward 8’s Markus Batchelor to one-year…
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When DC Public Schools honored teachers and administrators at the Standing Ovation ceremony earlier this month, they capped off a challenging year for the school system. Last year DCPS was at the center of a scandal involving inflated…
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Anacostia Riverkeeper, a nonprofit organization that works to protect and restore the Anacostia River, will bolster its two-year-old water quality monitoring program in May with the help of a $140,000 grant from DC’s Department of Energy…
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Supporters of the Fort Dupont Ice Arena in Southeast reached an agreement with city officials Tuesday to fund the facility’s long-delayed expansion — provided the arena’s nonprofit operator raises $5 million. Mayor Muriel Bowser…
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Can research play a major part in gun violence prevention? One DC Council member aims to find out with his latest bill. Ward 5’s Kenyan McDuffie, who chairs the Committee on Business and Economic Development, has introduced legislation…
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In a verdant Northwest neighborhood named after its woods, residents are vowing to resist the city’s efforts to add more greenage with over two dozen rain gardens on local streets. As part of the District’s plan to clean waterways of…
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A dozen students at Tenleytown’s Woodrow Wilson High School were playing cards at a high-top table and relaxing on easy chairs in the senior lounge while on break between classes. Alex Wilson, the school’s director of academic development,…
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When the architects of a nationwide anti-gun violence campaign deliver some 720,000 postcards to Capitol Hill on Tuesday morning urging universal background checks for gun buyers, it will mark the culmination of a monthslong effort that…
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Families in Anacostia will now have convenient access to early education programs for children ages 6 weeks to 3 years, thanks to a new child development center at Ketcham Elementary School, the recipient of multiple awards and honors in…
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Amid a roomful of local political and education luminaries, Mayor Muriel Bowser and former Mayor Sharon Pratt recently kicked off the Institute of Politics Policy and History (IPPH), a new scholarly endeavor to be housed at the University…
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Nearly 45 children crowd the ice on a typical Saturday morning at Fort Dupont Ice Arena on Ely Place SE in Ward 7. Groups of kids divide between coaches at different ends of the rink and perform drills in their almost overlapping groups. …
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From re-examining funding streams for at-risk students to limiting the spread of bedbug infestations, DC Council members are seeking to tackle an array of issues with their initial legislative introductions of the council’s 23rd session. …
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Dozens of early childhood teachers from around DC were gathered in a hotel conference room on an early Saturday morning to tackle a challenging and sensitive topic: how to talk about race with young students. It was one of two training…
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District leaders doubled down this week on the idea of a two-pronged approach to stemming the tide of violence across the city: Target illegal guns and expand social services. Amid a spike in murders, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Attorney…
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