D.C.’s overall population has been increasing in recent years, mostly due to international migration. However, trends for the youngest residents tell a different story.[1] Births have been declining in D.C. from a high of 9,854 in 2016 to 7,898 in 2023, decreasing by an average of 244 births annually. Early estimates suggest…

On December 5, 2025, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted by City Journal: D.C. quickly learned that TOPA would not enable tenants and their representatives to buy buildings en masse. “You’re not going to sell unless you get the best and highest offer,” Yesim Sayin, executive director of the nonpartisan D.C. Policy Center,…

On December 8, 2025, a D.C. Policy Center report was cited by The Washington Post: Total enrollment and teacher retention have steadily risen while truancy and chronic absenteeism have ticked down — after spiking during the pandemic, according to an analysis of publicly available data by D.C. Policy Center, a local think…