During D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty's first year he established the building blocks for his administration, while simultaneously responding to many unexpected challenges.
D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's controversial plan to take over the city's public schools is meeting resistance. The D.C. council could vote on the proposal as early as April.
Inaugural events for D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty began with a prayer breakfast at a downtown church, followed by the ceremonial swearing-in at the Washington Convention Center.
Children's Rights, the group behind a nearly 20-year-old class action lawsuit that forced the District's child welfare system to be in receivership for six years, asked a federal judge yesterday to hold the city in contempt for failing children.
Marion Barry has always taken an interest in education. He's been a guest science teacher at Ballou Senior High, and some of his D.C. Council colleagues are graduates of the Mayor's Youth Leadership Institute, which he founded.