SPECIAL THIS MONTH
38 All 10 comprehensive DC public high schools – including Anacostia, Ballou and Woodson – are restructuring under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation. Only high schools with selective admission criteria – Banneker, Ellington, McKinley and School Without Walls – have made “Adequate Yearly Progress” (AYP) over the last five years.
46 Sterling Ashby gave up a big, fat paycheck to follow a dream. An engineer and attorney, Ashby was working in the energy sector of a large DC law firm when one Christmas while out shopping for a gift he realized that toys could be used for play and to spark conversations about “something of substance.”

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
12 East Washington Calendar | PDF only
20 Bulletin Board • by Peter Vankevich | PDF only
24 Then & Now: Nichols Avenue Elementary School/Old Birney School Site |
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26 The District Beat • by Mark Segraves | PDF only
28 Ward 7 & 8 News • by Sylvia Brown | PDF
32 The Numbers • by Ed Lazere | PDF only
34 Is DCPS on a Dangerous Path? • by Virginia Avniel Spatz | PDF only
36 Meet Your Neighbor – Donovan Anderson • by Maceo Thomas | PDF
37 Nonprofit Profile: Live It Learn It • by Kendra Langdon Juskus | PDF

KIDS AND FAMILY
38 Comprehensive High School Restructuring • by Virginia Avniel Spatz | PDF
42 Let’s Pretend • by Ed-Genuity Consultants | PDF

BODY & SPIRIT
43 DC Healthy Store Initiative Summit: A Call for Hunger Solutions •
by B. Michelle Harris McQureerir | PDF
46 Lawyer Turned Toy Maker • by Monica Z. Utsey | PDF
47 What Is Your Love Language? • by Rev. Kip Banks | PDF only

EAST WASHINGTON LIFE
48 Ten Plays Cover August Wilson’s 20th Century • by Brad Hathaway | PDF
50 Southeast Stylings: Artistically Inclined, Meet Sharon Burton • by Khadijah Ali-Coleman | PDF
52 Arts Advocacy for Ward 7—Not Just a One-Day Deal • by Deidre R. Gantt | PDF
53 Single in Southeast • by Jillian P. Brown | PDF

REAL ESTATE & FINANCE
54 DC Green • by Elizabeth McGowan | PDF only
55 Bolling Air Base • by Hayden Wetzel | PDF
56 Together We Can Cut Subprime Lending in Half • Frank Demarais and Lewis Smith |
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57 Changing Hands • by compiled by Don Denton | PDF only

CLASSIFIEDS
58 The Classifieds | PDF only

THE ROVING EYE
61 Roving Eye • by Sylvia Brown | PDF

THE NOSE
62 The Nose Knows • by Anonymous | PDF only

March 2008 East of the River Cover, Contents and Masthead | PDF only