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>> The number of schools in which a majority of ninth graders do not end up graduating has gone up over the last decade in D.C. and Maryland, reports the Examiner. According to a new report, the number of “dropout factories” rose from 2 to 13 in D.C. (eight public schools and five charter schools) and from 17 to 22 in Maryland; Virginia followed national trends and saw the number drop, going from 26 in 2002 to 19 a decade later. The report said that in D.C. at least 61 percent of ninth graders in those schools were unlikely to graduate.

>> In D.C., one third of all accidents involving pedestrians happen when cars turn right in an intersection. Now D.C. officials have implemented a number of measures to cut down on the accidents, writes WTOP, including prohibiting the turns altogether (as it does in Chinatown) to allowing pedestrian to enter crosswalks a few seconds before drivers are given the green light.

>> Even after taking the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability to court on Friday, Councilmember Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) isn’t planning on challenging a reprimand he’ll likely receive from the D.C. Council today, reports NBC4. Graham sued the board late last week, saying that it had denied him due process when it released a report saying that he had improperly inserted himself into a land deal when he sat on Metro’s board. The court ruled against him, and the council will gather today to reprimand him and strip him of his oversight of the city’s alcohol board.

Briefly Noted: Education consultant helps parents choose a D.C. school … Ward 7 parents express concerns over closure of elementary school … D.C. still formulating new rules for food trucks … Virginia legislators want Gov. Bob McDonnell to get rid of new tax on hybrid cars.

This Day in DCist: On this day in 2012, One City took over everything and the city’s biggest needle-exchange provider closed down. In 2010, Ted Leonsis confirmed that he’d buy the Washington Wizards.