DC Schools

Thomas Toch and Sara Mead explain in some detail what Districtites are always wondering -- why are the schools here so bad? It turns out to be a bit complicated. On the other hand, the potential improvement glossed near the end of the article seem rather small-scale relative to the scope of the difficulties at hand.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2006/10/dc-schools/40309/