The array of learning institutions within the District is vitally important to the city and its residents, particularly its youth. Institutions of higher learning are involved in a myriad of community and educational partnerships to improve access to education, economic opportunities for District residents, and investment in the community at-large. Partnerships between institutions of higher learning and DCPS and its students have and should continue to provide educational opportunities and advantages for our children (see example in text box at left). 1213.1
Successful Partnerships for Education: One Example
The DC School Without Walls was established in 1971 through a cooperative effort between DC PS and the George Washington University. As the name implies, this public school uses the city as a classroom and offers an alternative to conventional instructional programs. The School Without Walls has been a great success. One recent indicator is that all 340 students who graduated from School Without Walls High School in June 2005 went on to college.
Encourage partnerships between the city's colleges and universities, anchor institutions, and K-12 schools to create additional pathways to learning for District students and young adults.
Policy EDU-3.2.2: Corporate Citizenship
Support continued "corporate citizenship" among the city's large institutions, including its colleges, universities, hospitals, private schools, and non-profits. This should include a continued commitment to high quality architecture and design on local campuses, expanded use of "green building" methods and low impact development, and the adaptive reuse and preservation of historic buildings. 1213.4
The provisions of Title 10, Part A of the DCMR accessible through this web interface are codification of the District Elements of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital. As such, they do not represent the organic provisions adopted by the Council of the District of Columbia. The official version of the District Elements only appears as a hard copy volume of Title 10, Part A published pursuant to section 9 a of the District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1994, effective April 10, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-76; D.C. Official Code § 1 -301.66)) . In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions accessible through this site and the provisions contained in the published version of Title 10, Part A, the provisions contained in the published version govern. A copy of the published District Elements is available www.planning.dc.gov.
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