In the first year of in-person learning after the pandemic, 48 percent of students were chronically absent, or missed at least 10 percent of the school year (including excused and unexcused absences). This was a large increase over the last pre-pandemic year (school year 2018-19) when 29 percent of students were chronically…

About the survey In January 2024, the D.C. Policy Center’s Rivlin Initiative on Economic Policy & Competitiveness launched its quarterly Business Sentiments Survey. The goal of the Business Sentiments Survey is to provide detailed, real-time information on the experiences of businesses in D.C. and the broader region to elected officials, the media, and the…

On January 3, 2025, a D.C. Policy Center report was cited by Grocery Drive: Located on Alabama Avenue SE in Ward 8 of the city — a food desert in part because of its lack of supermarkets, according to the D.C. Policy Center — the Ahold Delhaize banner store reintroduced the Healthy Living Center…