DC POLITICS
- 1,100 D.C. voters cast first-ever early ballots for mayor (WaPo, 8/31)
- DC Mayoral Debate: Tuesday, Sept. 1 at noon (online broadcast) — UPDATE: and by Tuesday, I of course mean Wednesday. Wednesday, Sept. 1. At noon.
EDUCATION | FocusDC is asking the candidates about charter school issues.
EARLY LEARNING | Pre-K programs in Md. get praise (WAMU, 8/31) – Pew Center: “Montgomery County… invest[ed] in pre-k as a fundamental component of it’s education system. And it’s paid off!” … Weast: “It costs a lot less than the remediation.”
PROFILE | Mark Buscaino, executive director of DC nonprofit Casey Trees (Examiner, 8/31)
PAKISTAN FLOOD | Philanthropy’s Response (Re:Philanthropy, 8/31)
FUN NEWS | Shera, a five-year-old lion at the National Zoo, gave birth to four little cubs last night (NatGeo, 8/31).
WEATHER | Can you handle the truth?? We did not order the code red!! (But here it is anyway.)
