Month: October 2018

Response to Recent Coverage of the District’s 2018 Educational Master Facilities Plan

Mary Filardo • October 11, 2018 • Leave a comment

Today the Washington City Paper published “D.C.’s Master Facilities Plan Will Shape the City’s Balance Between Neighborhood Schools and Charters,” a feature story on the District’s educational Master Facilities Plan (MFP). The article, written by freelance reporter Rachel Cohen, highlights many troubling aspects of the Mayor’s plan process, specifically failure to follow data transparency requirements in the Planning Actively for…

Opportunity Zones Should Help Modernize Public School Facilities

Mary Filardo • October 5, 2018 • Leave a comment

Mary Filardo, 21st Century School Fund Jeff Vincent, Center for Cities + Schools In 2017, we founded [Re]Build America’s School Infrastructure Coalition (BASIC), a non-partisan coalition to advocate for a ten-year $100 billion investment as part of the nation’s critical infrastructure package. But reducing inequity in our nation’s public school facilities will take a variety of tools. These tools are…

DC Can Improve How it Projects Public School Enrollment

21st Century School Fund • October 4, 2018 • Leave a comment

Last week, The 21stCentury School Fund along with Cooperative Strategies and the Urban Institute, released a Study of Enrollment Projections for D.C.’s Public Schools: Assuring Accuracy and Transparency. The study, produced under contract with the Office of the DC Auditor, analyzed the District’s current methods for projecting enrollment, evaluated the accuracy of past projections, and produced new five- and ten-year…