If Fenty Gets the Schools, Does He Have a Plan- February 24, 2007 The car screeched to a halt in the driveway. The driver, flushed with excitement, jumped out, ran into the house and shouted upstairs to her husband: "Hey, I just hit the lottery jackpot. Pack your bags!"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... Cautionary Wisdom on the Schools Takeover- February 17, 2007 When Alice M. Rivlin speaks, people concerned about the District of Columbia should stop and listen. Rivlin, as much as any single District resident in the past 25 years, laid the groundwork for the economically and fiscally viable nation's capital that residents now enjoy.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... Fixing the Schools Parenting Is Paramount- February 10, 2007 Following last week's column, a number of readers weighed in on the D.C. school-takeover debate. Two in particular provided valuable insights, strengthening my conviction that city leaders, by drawing swords over school governance, have understated the challenge. Left unaddressed: parental governance.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... What Never Seems to Change for D.C. Schools- February 3, 2007 "Here in the District of Columbia, the public school system must look to the Congress of the United States not only for Federal aid but even for the appropriation of local funds. . . . As usual, the bulk of the hardship will be borne by Division II, the Negro schools."http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... |