Surge in enrollment leads to serious strain on schools
(Tracy A. Woodward / THE WASHINGTON POST)
One Va. school has 19 trailers in the parking lot — growth fueled in part by a high minority birthrate.
A back-to-school dichotomy
(Jabin Botsford / FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
Montgomery celebrates its first charter school, while D.C. charter growth raises difficult questions.
D.C. charters seek funding parity
(Mark Gail / THE WASHINGTON POST)
Even as charters soar in popularity, funding policies that steer money to traditional schools remain.
Sullivan seeks lessons from U-Va. crisis
(Norm Shafer / FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
Teresa Sullivan reflects on the events of the summer and preceding 22 months of her presidency.
Officials cut ribbon at Anacostia High
D.C. officials celebrated a $62 million, top-to-bottom overhaul of Anacostia High School that they hope will be part of a larger revolution at the long-struggling school.
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Auditioning for teachers
D.C. school officials aim for selectivity by requiring prospective teachers to give tryout lessons.
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Entrepreneur’s mansion in limbo
Court and land records show Hunt owes more than $10 million on unpaid loans and a couple of bad business deals.
Antietam, 150 years later
A sprawling Civil War reenactment took place in remembrance of the clash that left 23,000 soldiers dead, wounded or missing.
A celebration of Korean culture
The KORUS Festival, in its 10th year, is a three-day event celebrating the relationship between Korea and the United States.
Vance Bockis mourned by friends and admirers
Legendary D.C. punk rocker beat a heroin addiction only to die of a blood clot after routine surgery.
Army vet celebrates 105th birthday
Alyce Dixon, one of the first African-American women to serve in the Women’s Army Corps, turned 105.
Final Mass at St. Aloysius Gonzaga
More than 300 parishioners and visitors gathered to celebrate the last Mass at St. Aloysius Gonzaga in Northwest D.C.
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