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Adding It Up: What Do We Already Know About Next Year’s DC Public Schools Budget?
By Tina Paden • March 21, 2013 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony of Soumya Bhat, Education and Finance Policy Analyst, At the FY 2012 Performance Oversight Hearing for the Office of the State Superintendent of Education
By Tina Paden • March 15, 2013 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Report
A Budget That Gives Parents the Tools to Succeed in the Job Market
By Tina Paden • March 15, 2013 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education / Income & Poverty / TANF & Income Support
Blog
An Uphill Climb for DC Schools: A Look at DC CAS Trends
By Tina Paden • March 13, 2013 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Report
AN UPHILL CLIMB FOR DC SCHOOLS: A LOOK AT DC CAS TEST SCORE TRENDS
By Tina Paden • March 13, 2013 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Testimony
Testimony of Soumya Bhat, Education Finance and Policy Analyst, At the Performance Oversight Hearing for District of Columbia Public Schools
By Tina Paden • February 22, 2013 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Report
Supporting Low-Performing Schools through Out-of-School Time Programs and Parent Engagement
By Tina Paden • February 22, 2013 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
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
All Publications & Resources
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Mayor’s Economic Playbook Full of Disproven Ideas that Could Worsen Inequality
By Tazra Mitchell • May 12, 2025 • Inclusive Economy
Fact Sheets
Proposed Federal Medicaid and Food Assistance Cuts Will Hurt DC Residents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • May 8, 2025 • Income & Poverty
Blog
Raising Revenue Could Help Stabilize DC’s Credit Ratings
By Erica Williams • April 25, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
Blog
Nearly Half of All Renters and More Than Half of Black Renters in DC Struggle to Afford Rent
By Connor Zielinski • April 14, 2025 • Affordable Housing & Ending Homelessness
In The News
Trump signs order on Washington DC as Republicans exert control over city
The Guardian • April 8, 2025
In The News
No timeline yet for when House will consider bill to revert $1.1B cut to DC budget
ABC News 7 • April 8, 2025
