On April 21, 2026, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was cited in the Washington Informer: The fourth panel, “From Research to Reality: DC’s Workforce Evolution” — featuring Emily Bouck West, senior vice president policy and initiatives of Greater Washington Partnership, Yesim Sayin, executive director of DC Policy Center, and Douglas Freuhling, editor-in-chief of the Washington Business…

On April 20, 2026, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted in Bisnow: The D.C. Policy Center’s Yesim Sayin, whose organization isn’t endorsing a candidate, said she was pleased to see both candidates calling for building more housing. But she said their policy platforms focus too much on land use and zoning, which aren’t…

D.C.’s enrollment audit for school year 2025-26, released in March 2026, shows that the number of students is almost flat compared to the previous year (decline of 0.1 percent), with about 100 fewer students than school year 2024-25.[i] This comes on the heels of three years of growing enrollment in pre-kindergarten through…