Mayor Vince Gray pitches D.C. tech at SXSW. [ElevationDC]

How Gray should spend the $100 million he’s promised for affordable housing. [CNHED]

As DHS leases expire, questions about where its workers will go. [Post]

Is prosecuting parents the right answer to truancy? [GGW]

DCPS launches a new effort to recruit educators. [Hill Rag]

Does closing underperforming schools help? [Atlantic Cities]

One former school, the Franklin School downtown, has been vacant for years. [Examiner]

MoCo decided it had no suitable FBI location, backs Prince George’s County instead. [WBJ]

Metro is hosting open houses to discuss the Silver Line. [WJLA]

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