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Putting DC to Work: A Resource Map of the District’s Workforce Development Dollars


Preparing residents for jobs and careers is one of the key ways the District of Columbia can shape its future. Effectively using resources to help DC residents learn new job skills, sharpen existing ones and match them with employers is critical not only to economic development but to reducing unemployment , lifting families out of [...]


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January 25th, 2012
Attracting High Quality Teachers to DC Schools That Need Them Most
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Should DC try to recruit talented teachers to low-performing schools though financial incentives? A teacher incentive bill introduced in November by Chairman Kwame Brown, The Highly Effective Teacher Incentive Act of 2011, would do just that on a pilot basis. It was discussed this week in a public hearing, drawing valuable feedback on the structure [...]

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