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In response to a reader question about minority acceptance rate to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), ranked the best...
From Washington Post by Emma Brown: The percentage of Asian students and boys admitted to Fairfax’s Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and...
Below is a list of helpful links and resources for learning about schools in Washington, DC. We'll continue to revise this list so that it's as...
From Education Week by Catherine Gewertz: The big clock in Dowan McNair-Lee's 8th grade classroom is silent, but she can hear the minutes ticking...
This from the Washington Post by Brigid Schulte:Zoe Rosso, who is 3 years old, likes to bake brownies with her mom, go to tumbling class and make up...
This from the Washington Post by Stephanie McCrummen:They met on an icy afternoon, Clay Harris, an elementary math teacher at the end of a hectic...
From Washington Post by Jay Mathews: Strangers often ask me how to pick a good school. They are transferring into the area or moving from one local...
From Washington Post by Bill Turque: I sat down with Chancellor Kaya Henderson on Monday, the day before her comments to the Education Department...
This from the Washington Post by Adrian Fenty and Michelle Rhee:Since June 12, 2007, we have had the honor and privilege of working with the students...
This from the Washington Post by Bill Turque: She is D.C. schools chancellor for just one more day, but that didn't stop Michelle A. Rhee from...
This from the Washington Post by Jay Mathews:The SAT and Advanced Placement results put out so proudly by the Montgomery County school system...
This from Washington Post by Bill Turque:The District's most affluent ward has more than four times as many "highly effective" public schoolteachers...
This from the Washington Post by Bill Turque:The two public high schools, 21/2 miles apart in Northwest Washington, serve vastly different student...
This from the Washington Post by Jay Mathews:Richard Whitmire’s deft and revealing book about former D.C. schools chancellor Michelle A. Rhee...
This from Washington Post by Ben Pershing and Paul Kane:In these dire fiscal times, when even the sacred programs are no longer sacred, Republican...
This from the Washington Post by Jay Mathews:For Washington suburbanites who think their local high school is straining from the weight of Advanced...
This from the Washington Post by Bill Turque:McKinley Technology High School Principal David Pinder, under investigation on allegations that he...
This from the Washington Post by Nick Anderson:Blind in his right eye since a childhood accident, Jerry Dean Weast sees further than most education...
This from Washington Post by Bill Turque:Rising teacher salaries, increased special education spending and a move toward more equitable funding have...
I sent my eldest there as an anxious, worried child and we are leaving with her feeling more confident and self-assured. The teachers are attentive,...
From the Washington Post by Robert Samuels and Daniel de Vise: Montgomery County school officials Monday night named Joshua P. Starr, head of a...
From the Washington Post by Mary Pat Flaherty: The FBI, police and paramedics scrambled throughout the District on Thursday afternoon chasing...
From the Atlantic by Adam Harris: At Sidwell Friends, the high school of Chelsea Clinton and the Obama children, college counselors find themselves...
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