On This D.C. School System Quiz, No One Succeeds- August 30, 2006 Okay, teachers. It's your turn. The back-to-school pop quiz is not just for kids today. Here are six multiple-choice questions. Answer them correctly, and you'll also be able to answer the one question that boggled the best minds on the D.C. Council this summer: What is a "high-quality" education -- and how do you get one freehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/29/AR2006082901266.html?nav=r... In Prince George's, Many Signs of A Lively Election- August 23, 2006 To get my vote, many of the candidates in Prince George's County's upcoming Democratic primary have put up campaign posters. Hundreds, no, hundreds of thousands of these red, white and blue bits of cardboard clog median strips and clutter busy intersections. They look like litter on a stick to me, but more than a few office-seekers and hangers-on insist that those signs can mean the difference between victory and defeat.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/22/AR2006082201182.html?nav=r... Giving D.C. Students Tools to Succeed- August 9, 2006 Among the many neighborly tasks that Senta Smith has assigned herself, none is more important than finding a Moon Bounce, plenty of hot dogs and hamburgers, and enough school supplies for a back-to-school block party in her community.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080801476.html?nav=r... For Withering D.C. Campers, a Cold Dose of Reality- August 2, 2006 Now it's the kids whining about the weather. Would you believe that a group of them had the nerve to complain to District officials about the heat at their summer enrichment program at Davis Elementary It's a public school, for crying out loud -- in Southeast, no less. What did they expect Air conditioninghttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/01/AR2006080101596.html?nav=r... |