Counting Our Homeless Neighbors While Envisioning a Future Without Homelessness
By Kate Coventry • January 27, 2020 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
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A Path to Better Budgeting: Move Tax Policy Responsibilities to the Committee of the Whole
By Tazra Mitchell • January 24, 2020 • Revenue & Budget
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Testimony of Tazra Mitchell at the Committee on Business & Economic Development Performance Oversight Hearing
By Tazra Mitchell • January 15, 2020 • Inclusive Economy
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Remembering Our Neighbors Who Died While Homeless
By Kate Coventry • December 20, 2019 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness / Homelessness
At least 81 residents died while experiencing homelessness in the District over the past year. This the highest recorded number ever. Last year, there were 54 recorded deaths.
Testimony of Alyssa Noth at the DC State Board of Education December 18, 2019 Public Meeting
By Alyssa Noth • December 18, 2019 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
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New Report: Raising the Bar
By Qubilah Huddleston • December 17, 2019 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
The District isn’t following common-sense practices for figuring out how much funding our schools need each year to keep up with rising costs, and low-income Black and brown students are bearing the brunt.
Raising the Bar
By Qubilah Huddleston • December 17, 2019 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Recent changes to school budgeting practices by District leaders are obscuring the level of funding needed to keep up with growing educational expenses, resulting in inadequate funding increases for one of the most important roles of DC government—educating […]
New Report: The Funding Roadmap for Educational Justice in DC
By Alyssa Noth • December 10, 2019 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Even in progressive DC in 2019, a zip code can be a determining factor in the quality of a student’s public education. While DC Public Schools (DCPS) operates under rules intended to guarantee that all schools receive adequate staffing, and added funds…
The Funding Roadmap for Educational Justice in DC
By Alyssa Noth • December 10, 2019 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
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New Report: Educational Equity Requires an Adequate School Budget
By Alyssa Noth • December 2, 2019 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Schools may get the biggest share of DC’s local revenues, but that doesn’t mean they get enough, a new DCFPI report shows. A closer look shows that the education budget continues to fail students who need that money the most…