Making D.C.’s Ward 3 ‘an example for all the land’
Voters in D.C.’s predominantly White and wealthy Ward 3 did something remarkable: They elected an unabashed progressive education advocate over a moderate budget analyst to represent them on the D.C. Council.Matthew Frumin, the advocate, was inaugurated earlier this month, having defeated Eric Goulet, the analyst, in last year’s winner-take-all Democratic primary. Goulet had been endorsed by former D.C. mayor Anthony Williams and The Washington Post.
Apparently, enough of the ward’s 41,000 registered Democrats were ready to start understanding more about how the past affects the present — and begin working to do something about it.“The schools in Ward 3 are very, very strong and they are the glue that holds communities together,” he said. “That’s the thing that the city has been bedeviled in trying to replicate. But that is one of the things Ward 3 can be a model for.
“There are parts of the city where it will take more investment to create successful schools but that is what we should be doing,” Frumin said. “To me, making sure we have great neighborhood schools in every community is an economic development issue because it keeps families in the city. And it’s also public safety, because if you are creating places where children feel like they are getting a sense of opportunity, that is going to keep them out of trouble.
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