Author Archives: Erica Butler

A District judge on May 31 ordered former mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown to testify before the Council next week about his alleged quid pro quo arrangement with Mayor Vincent Gray’s administration. Brown, who is set to appear before the court on June 6 in the Wilson Building, has been the focal point of local and […]

D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown has sponsored a bill that would sanction District employees for ethic violations, require disclosure of clients and establish an ethics advisory board – a collective of government high-ranking government officials. But one expert said the bill muddles current ethics laws. The Comprehensive Ethics Reform Act of 2011, which was introduced […]

School officials at High Road Academy in Washington, D.C., have seen a vast improvement in reading among students since they introduced a reading intervention program, which uses techniques such as repeated reading and requires students to track their progress. Karen Remington, an English teacher at the academy, recommended “Reading Naturally” to the director, who later […]

D.C. Councilman Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) and other city legislators are opposing a contentious pension reform bill, which would affect teachers, police officers and firefighters, if passed. Members declared that the bill will face an impasse as a majority of the D.C. Council opposes the legislation. Introduced by Councilman David Catania (I-At-Large), the pension reform […]

In a recent closed executive session with D.C. Council members, the son of Mayor Vincent Gray’s former chief of staff admitted that he handed his resume to his mother for a job and, approximately one month later and without an interview, was offered a city position. The admission added more validity to hiring missteps which […]