Featured Publications & Resources
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
Blog
Now’s the Time to Weigh in on the Neighborhood Admissions Preference for Charter Schools
By Soumya Bhat • November 12, 2012 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
All Publications & Resources
Press Release
Statement on Final Passage of Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 3, 2025
Press Release
Leaders of Direct Service, Anti-Poverty Organizations in Letter to DC Council: “We are Deeply Alarmed by Proposed Budget”
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • July 1, 2025
Testimony
The Council Must Fund Childcare in DC
By Anne Gunderson • June 17, 2025 • Early Child & Pre-K to 12 Education
Press Release
Trump’s Military Parade Another Imposition on District Residents
By DC Fiscal Policy Institute • June 17, 2025
In The News
Bowser Budget Proposal Would Scale Back Health Care for Immigrants, Others
The Washington Post • June 16, 2025
In The News
Bowser's budget would avoid tax hikes, move 25K DC residents off Medicaid
NBC News Washington • June 16, 2025
Testimony
The DC Budget Needs to Equitably Grow the Economy
By Shira Markoff • June 12, 2025 • Revenue & Budget
