Is this a Redskins town or what? The ‘Skins still own the news cycle days after their devastating defeat at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks.
Is this a Redskins town or what? The ‘Skins still own the news cycle days after their devastating defeat at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks. Front page articles, stories that lead newscasts, an explosion of comments on Twitter. The inauguration? What inauguration? I exaggerate, but not that much.
It's been one crazy political season. We have, up to now, endured an onslaught of ads from political parties, candidates, PACs and other "for and against" groups.
It's been one crazy political season. We have, up to now, endured an onslaught of ads from political parties, candidates, PACs and other "for and against" groups; we have watched as the candidates have risen or fallen in the polls as the result of debate performances. But then along came Gallaudet University.
What would you do if you had $1 billion? Start your own cable network? Buy a Hawaiian island? Or maybe buy yourself an NFL franchise?
What would you do if you had $1 billion? Start your own cable network? Buy a Hawaiian island? Or maybe buy yourself an NFL franchise? What if you decided to give back to your community, to have a decade's long impact on the quality of life.
If you are truly objective, it would be hard to argue that charter schools haven't been one of the most effective ways to elevate academic achievement.
If you are truly objective and you place the interests of the students of the District above all the politics surrounding public education, it would be hard to argue that charter schools haven't been one of the most effective ways to elevate academic achievement.
The 2012-2013 school year in the District will feature 58 schools, all with populations under 300 students, opening their doors without the compliment of a school library and librarian.
The 2012-2013 school year in the District will feature 58 schools, all with populations under 300 students, opening their doors without the compliment of a school library and librarian. We are talking about schools that serve around 17,000 students.
When reporters sought comment from D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray about the illegal shadow campaign that helped him win the election, here's what he said: "This is not the campaign that we intended to run."
When reporters sought comment from D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray about the illegal shadow campaign that helped him win the election, here's what he said: "This is not the campaign that we intended to run." I'd say that is a gross understatement.
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A report released recently by the D.C. Department of Public Health stated that the HIV infection rates among D.C. residents dropped to 2.7 percent in 2010 from 3.2 percent in 2008.
A report released recently by the D.C. Department of Public Health stated that the HIV infection rates among D.C. residents dropped to 2.7 percent in 2010 from 3.2 percent in 2008.
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What would you do if you had $1 billion? Start your own cable network? Buy a Hawaiian island? Or maybe buy yourself an NFL franchise?
What if you decided to give back to your community, to have a decade's long impact on the quality of life. Maybe you would build a new wing or two for a hospital? Support the arts by giving to the Kennedy Center and local theater groups or build communities of affordable housing for low-income earners.
Well, if you're Bill Conway, Co-Chief Executive and Co-Founder of Carlyle Group, a D.C.-based asset management firm, you take a different path. After a deliberate and thoughtful process, Conway has recently decided to make an initial round of grants totaling $55 million of a $1 billion donation to help the Washington region by addressing the root of the problem facing low income people - the lack of education and job training that keeps them from building successful, independent lives for themselves and their families.
Conway will provide $30 million worth of scholarships and tuition assistance to people enrolled or to be enrolled in nursing programs. The focus on nursing is not arbitrary. Being the successful businessman that he is, Conway has focused on a cornerstone of any successful business, fulfilling a demand, and nurses are in high demand and enjoy ready employment. This plan can't fail to have a lasting impact on this community and in the lives of countless low income people.
But in the meantime, people with low incomes and no jobs need to be housed and fed. To that end, Conway has seen fit to give the balance of his initial grants to those groups that shelter and feed the less fortunate, like Catholic charities and so others might eat.
For those in our community that are more fortunate than others, Conway has set the bar for giving very high. Not just based on the amount he has pledged, but in the sensible and thoughtful manner in which he has gone about it.
