📊 Last week, we hosted "D.C.’s Employment Outlook: Risks, Realities, and Policy Choices."
👏The event featured presentations from @daniel-burge.bsky.social and @brookings.edu fellow @lohplaces.bsky.social. We're grateful to @chmnmendelson.bsky.social for joining and offering insights.
📊 This week's chart examines D.C. student assessment scores by student group relative to pre-pandemic levels.
📈 The findings indicate that additional investments in Math may support more resilient outcomes, in line with ELA results.
➡️ Read more: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...
📚 Join us for the 2024-25 State of D.C. Schools release event on March 11th at MLK Library!
👏 We're excited to welcome our panel of experts from OSSE, @dcpublicschools.bsky.social, @edtrust.bsky.social, KIPP DC, and @dcpave.bsky.social.
➡️ Register to attend: secure.givelively.org/event/dc-pol...
👏 Today, Education Policy Initiative Fellow Anoosha Imran testified before the @councilofdc.bsky.social Committee of the Whole.
📊 Her testimony focused on aligning resources with projected enrollment to support public education goals in D.C.
➡️ Read more: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...
🌟Join us for the release of the 2024-25 State of D.C. Schools report on March 11th!
👏 The event will feature a panel conversation with experts from OSSE, @dcpublicschools.bsky.social, KIPP, @edtrust.bsky.social, and @dcpave.bsky.social.
➡️ Register to attend: secure.givelively.org/event/dc-pol...
🌟 Mark your calendar for the release of State of D.C. Schools 2024-25: Forward Momentum!
🗓️ Wednesday, March 11th, 2026
⏰ 9:30 AM, with the program to open at 10 AM
📍Martin Luther King Jr. Library
➡️ Register to attend: secure.givelively.org/event/dc-pol...
Proud of our fellows, who are building the policy knowledge + network to transform public education in DC! Special thanks to our powerful speakers:
@cfcoffin.bsky.social
@dcpolicycenter.bsky.social
@radiokeri.bsky.social
@allisterchang.bsky.social
@empowerk12.bsky.social
+More!
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‼️ Today is the final day of the 2026 Q1 Business Sentiments Survey–don't miss your chance to participate: dcpc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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📊 How have public safety efforts affected your business?
⏲️ The 2026 Q1 Business Sentiments Survey will close tomorrow (1/29) at midnight. Representatives from all D.C.-area businesses are invited to participate.
➡️ Complete the survey today: dcpc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
👏 Today, Executive Director Yesim Sayin testified before @councilofdc.bsky.social in support of the “One Front Door Act.”
🏘️ Her testimony focused on reducing unnecessary regulatory barriers to housing production and preservation in the District.
➡️ Read more: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...
🌟 How have D.C. businesses been affected by crime?
📊 Answer this and more questions in the 2026 Q1 Business Sentiments Survey. Representatives from any business in the D.C. region are encouraged to participate.
➡️ Complete the survey: dcpc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
📊 The final round of the 2025 Business Sentiments Survey explored the effects of immigration enforcement on D.C.-area businesses.
📉 The results indicated a strained labor supply, increased hiring costs, and pessimism toward the economy.
➡️ Read more: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...
Fascinating: A mid-December report from @dcpolicycenter.bsky.social shows how the number of births has been dropping in D.C. in recent years, which will have significant impacts for the city's child care, pre-K, and school systems. (Read the report here: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...)
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📊 In December, researchers from The Rivlin Initiative published "Is the District of Columbia still competitive?"
🌟 The report included thirteen recommendations to promote economic growth and vibrancy in D.C.
➡️ Read more: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...
👏 Recently, Emilia Calma testified before the @councilofdc.bsky.social on the Glazier Licensing Standards and Certification Act.
📈 She emphasized that duplicative licensing will increase housing costs and decrease construction jobs in the D.C.
➡️ Read more: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...
📰 The D.C. Policy Center is making headlines!
🌟 City Journal: www.city-journal.org/article/new-...
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🌟 In our recently published report, "Is the District of Columbia still competitive?," researchers @daniel-burge.bsky.social and @yesimsayin.bsky.social provide 13 recommendations to improve D.C.'s economic vibrancy.
➡️ Read more: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...
State governments are central to housing reform: they build infrastructure, allocate funding & set regulatory standards. But most states lack the policy infrastructure to support needed change.
@dcpolicycenter.bsky.social chimes in with some solutions.
www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...
👏 We're thrilled to release "Is the District of Columbia still competitive? Waning interest after COVID-19 and how D.C. can reverse the trend."
📊 @daniel-burge.bsky.social and @yesimsayin.bsky.social focus on revealed preferences to explore D.C.'s vibrancy.
➡️ Read more: ow.ly/1oT850XBsmJ
🗓️ On 12/12, join the DC Education Research Collaborative—in partnership with @dcpublicschools.bsky.social, @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, D.C. Policy Center, and Georgetown University—to learn about research on Career Development Opportunities in DCPS.
➡️ Register today: www.urban.org/events/explo...
🌟 Recently, Executive Director Yesim Sayin testified before the @councilofdc.bsky.social on workforce education.
📊 She focused on disparities among D.C.-born residents versus those who moved to D.C. as adults and making investments to expand success.
➡️ Read more: ow.ly/mFyn50XAFQA
🌟 Last week, D.C. Policy Center Deputy Director @cfcoffin.bsky.social testified before @councilofdc.bsky.social at the adult workforce education hearing.
👩💻 Her testimony focused on D.C.’s adult public charter schools and their ability to improve economic mobility.
➡️ Read more: ow.ly/jMgU50XxuYT
🌟 Today, Wilkes Initiative Director Emilia Calma testified before @councilofdc.bsky.social on the Tenant Buyout Agreement Transparency Act.
🏘️ Her testimony emphasized the need for regulatory environments that preserve affordability in D.C.
➡️ Read more: www.dcpolicycenter.org/publications...
📚 Join the D.C. Policy Center and OSSE tomorrow (11/19) at 9 AM for a discussion on chronic absenteeism in D.C. schools.
🏫 The event will highlight our recent report on attendance in middle and high schools.
➡️ For more information and to register: secure.givelively.org/event/dc-pol...
🗓️ Join the DC Education Research Collaborative—@dcpublicschools.bsky.social, @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, @dcpolicycenter.bsky.social, and Georgetown—on 12/12!
🌟 @cfcoffin.bsky.social will present on career development opportunities in DC schools.
➡️ Register today: ow.ly/KWKh50Xr9Sg
👏 Last Friday, Deputy Director cfcoffin.bsky.social testified before the councilofdc.bsky.social.
📊 Her testimony focused on D.C.’s academic recovery compared to other districts, progress since the pandemic, and ways to improve academic outcomes.
➡️ Read more: ow.ly/2TAc50XqCfJ
🌟 Last week, Emilia Calma testified before the @councilofdc.bsky.social Committee on Housing on the Rent Stabilization Protection Amendment Act.
🏘️ Her testimony highlighted inefficiencies in the current system which hinder affordability.
➡️ Read more: ow.ly/b0jf50Xmxpk
🦇 This week at the D.C. Policy Center: October 31, 2025
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🚨 Today is the last chance to complete the 2025 Q4 Business Sentiments Survey!
➡️ Complete the survey: dcpc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
🏘️ We recently published "Strengthening state-level policy for growing housing supply."
🌟 The report explores the possibility of a national network that collaborates on state-level housing policy innovations.
➡️ Read more: ow.ly/mbPW50Xj4Kq
