Featured Publications & Resources
Blog
What to Watch: How Savings from the DC Public Schools Consolidation Will Be Reinvested Next Year
By Tina Paden • January 24, 2013 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
Will Closing Schools Pay Off? DCPS Closure Plan Unlikely to Produce Significant Savings or Better Resourced Schools
By Tina Paden • January 15, 2013 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Report
Will Closing Schools Pay Off? DCPS Closure Plan Unlikely to Produce Significant Savings or Better Resourced Schools
By Tina Paden • January 15, 2013 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Op-Ed
TRUE or FALSE? Closing DCPS Schools Will Make the System Stronger?
By Tina Paden • January 8, 2013 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony of Soumya Bhat, Education Finance and Policy Analyst, At the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Hearing for District of Columbia Public Schools
By Tina Paden • December 21, 2012 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Report
Defining Adequacy for DC Public Education
By Tina Paden • December 10, 2012 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
Things to Know About DC’s Home Visitation Program Expansion
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • November 30, 2012 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
Show Us the Money: DCPS Needs to Clearly Identify Cost Savings Before Closing DC Public Schools
By Tina Paden • November 20, 2012 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony of Soumya Bhat, Education Finance and Policy Analyst, At the Public Hearing on Review of School Closures within the District of Columbia Public Schools and Bill 19-734, School Boundary Review Act
By Tina Paden • November 20, 2012 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
The School Closure List: A First Take
By Tina Paden • November 13, 2012 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
All Publications & Resources
Blog
Before the Pandemic, DC’s Economy was Booming, but COVID-19 is Increasing Hardship
By Alyssa Noth • September 17, 2020 • Income & Poverty
Report
What’s In the FY 2021 Approved Budget for an Inclusive Economy?
By Doni Crawford • September 17, 2020 • Budget / Economic Development
Testimony
Testimony of Kate Coventry At the Public Roundtable on Tenant Protection and Eviction Prevention
By Kate Coventry • September 14, 2020 • Homelessness
Report
What’s in the FY 2021 Approved Budget for Affordable Housing?
By Doni Crawford • September 14, 2020 • Affordable Housing / Budget
Report
What’s in the Fiscal Year 2021 Approved Budget for PreK-12 Education?
By Qubilah Huddleston • September 9, 2020 • Budget / Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Report
What’s in the FY 2021 Approved Budget for Early Childhood Development?
By Alyssa Noth • August 24, 2020 • Budget / Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Blog
Results from School Funding Study Outline Options for DC to Advance Educational Equity
By Qubilah Huddleston • August 21, 2020 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
In The News
New Report Finds Half Of DC Children Living In Renter Households Aren’t Getting Enough To Eat
DCist • August 20, 2020
Blog
Pandemic is Throwing Many DC Residents into Financial Distress
By Tazra Mitchell • August 19, 2020 • COVID-19 / Income & Poverty
In The News
Summer Brings New Benefits and Wage Increases for District Workers
Hill Rag • August 17, 2020 • Income & Poverty
