Bastards of the Reagan Era

November 2, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

I was flipping through the radio channels on my way home from a community meeting, and I was so humbled to stumble upon this radio interview with R. Dwayne Betts. I met Dwayne through my older sister while I was a senior in high school. As I got more engaged in juvenile justice issues, I […]

Class sizes, teacher salaries and per-student spending: How D.C.-area schools stack up

June 4, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

I didn’t realize that Prince George’s County had some of the smallest class sizes in the region. Arlington Public Schools will outspend its counterparts in the Washington suburbs by at least $1,500 per student this year, with per-student spending above $19,000, and Prince William County schools have the largest class sizes in the region.