Forum: Washington, DC

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...