Public school enrollment in D.C. has grown for three consecutive years, including a 1 percent increase in school year 2024-25. Enrollment gains were strongest in middle and high school grades, which grew by more than 2 percent, and enrollment in adult and alternative schools increased by 2.4 percent. This stands in contrast…

On May 9, 2025, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted by the Washington Post: But there are enough concerning data points in the D.C. region — including an office market that’s still in shambles following the pandemic — to indicate that some kind of economic slump is underway, pointing toward a prolonged…

On April 30, 2025, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted in Washington Business Journal: “The idea is to increase design flexibility,” Yesim Sayin, executive director of the D.C. Policy Center, a research and analysis think tank, told me. “What that does is actually increase the usable space in the building and makes…