Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
It’s Time to Update our Understanding of What a Quality Education Costs
By Marlana Wallace • February 13, 2018 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony of Marlana Wallace At the FY 2018 Performance Oversight Hearing for the Deputy Mayor for Education and the Public Charter School Board
By Marlana Wallace • February 13, 2018 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
Punitive School Discipline Doesn’t Work. Let’s Help Schools Do What Does.
By Marlana Wallace • January 30, 2018 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony of Marlana Wallace on Bill 22-0594, Student Fair Access to School Act of 2017 and Bill 22-0179 D.C. Public Schools Alternatives to Suspension Amendment of 2017
By Marlana Wallace • January 30, 2018 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Report
Education: Make Essential Investments In All of DC’s Children, In and Out of The Classroom
By Marlana Wallace • January 18, 2018 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Blog
Join #WeNeed25: Advocate for Afterschool and Summer Opportunities for Every Low-Income Student
By Marlana Wallace • January 17, 2018 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Marlana Wallace, Policy Analyst At the Public Roundtable on The State of Special Education Services in the DC Traditional and Public Charter Schools and the “OSSE Enhanced Special Education Services Act of 2014: Implementation Report to the Council of the District of Columbia” Report DC Council Committee on Education
By Marlana Wallace • November 22, 2017 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony of Marlana Wallace At the Public Hearing on the DC Public Schools Budget
By Marlana Wallace • November 14, 2017 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
Students Should Be Able to Focus on Their Lessons – Not Their Stomachs
By Hannah Kohanzadeh • November 8, 2017 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
Timing Matters: Fully Fund Early Intervention
By Marlana Wallace • November 3, 2017 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
All Publications & Resources
Report
DC Must Grow Revenue and Spending to Pursue More Transformative Change
By Erica Williams • May 1, 2024 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Fact Sheets
How Wealthy Households Use a “Buy, Borrow, Die” Strategy to Avoid Taxes on Their Growing Fortunes
By Tazra Mitchell • April 29, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Council Must Choose to Equitably Raise Revenue Over Balancing the Budget on the Backs of Black and Brown Residents
By Tazra Mitchell • April 23, 2024 • Revenue & Budget / Taxes
Testimony
Fully Fund the Second Chance Amendment Act
By Michael Johnson Jr. • April 22, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Raising Revenue Through Regressive Traffic Fines While Scaling Back Traffic Safety is Unsound and Unsafe
By Michael Johnson Jr. • April 22, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
Press Release
Indivar Dutta-Gupta Joins DCFPI’s Board of Directors
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 19, 2024
Testimony
DC Council Must Protect HealthCare4ChildCare
By Anne Gunderson • April 19, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
DC Council Should Restore Funding for the Pay Equity Fund
By Anne Gunderson • April 19, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget
Testimony
DC Council Should Restore Funding for the Baby Bonds Program
By Caitlin Schnur • April 19, 2024 • Revenue & Budget
Testimony
Proposed Staffing Cuts Undermine Education Equity
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • April 18, 2024 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Revenue & Budget