<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Charter Schools</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/dc/charter?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><description>Charter Schools</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[15-Year-Old Charged in Charter School Arson]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7958-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7958-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A 15-year-old student was arrested yesterday and charged as a juvenile in the first of two arsons that badly damaged a Northeast Washington charter school in December, officials said.]]></description><author> Del Quentin Wilber</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Janey Lists 16 Sites for Lease Plan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6013-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6013-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  School Superintendent Clifford B. Janey issued a report to the D.C. Board of Education yesterday listing 16 underused schools that are candidates for sharing space with charter schools.]]></description><author> V. Dion Haynes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials Moving to Sell Some Schools]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3221-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3221-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[D.C. leaders have long avoided raising the sensitive topic of closing or consolidating schools, but the idea has gained momentum recently.]]></description><author> V. Dion Haynes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charter Schools, D.C. Board Welcome Cash]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58217-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58217-2005Mar22.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[D.C. Board of Education members, who are struggling to find money to build new schools and to avoid a repeat of last year's widespread staff cuts at the schools, expressed relief Tuesday at decision to allocate additional $21 million to the system.]]></description><author> V. Dion Haynes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Successful D.C. School Weighs Charter Bid]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40289-2005Feb20.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40289-2005Feb20.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Losing Wilson Senior High School would be a serious blow to the city's troubled education system.]]></description><author> Valerie Strauss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Board Seeks Halt to Charter Process]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12363-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12363-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Board of Education members propose a moratorium on charter school applications while a master plan is developed to guide future policies.]]></description><author> V. Dion Haynes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charter Students Fare No Better, Study Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3129-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3129-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Survey finds charter school students perform no better than their peers at regular public schools; some measures show charter school students doing worse.]]></description><author> Michael Dobbs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charter vs. Traditional]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64713-2004Dec14.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64713-2004Dec14.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With more students attending charter schools than any other city in the nation, Washington has become ground zero in a heated debate about the effects of school choice.]]></description><author> Michael Dobbs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arson Damages Charter School]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44980-2004Dec7.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44980-2004Dec7.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Northeast Washington school was hit by arson early yesterday morning, with separate fires in a classroom and the school's main office causing substantial damage but no injuries, authorities said.]]></description><author> Nicole Fuller</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charter School Measure Slips Into District Law]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23626-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23626-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Without consulting D.C. officials, Congress approved legislation that requires the city to offer surplus school property to public charter schools for less than appraised value.]]></description><author> Valerie Strauss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boarding for Low-Income Students]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36917-2004Sep20.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36917-2004Sep20.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A few D.C. institutions have set themselves up as boarding schools for low-income students who want  the advantages and the support given to bankers' and lawyers' children at Groton and St. Mark's.]]></description><author> Jay Mathews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sallie Mae Gives $28M To D.C. Charter Schools]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3849-2004Sep7.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3849-2004Sep7.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The award from the student loan company will help the space-strapped schools acquire or lease facilities and expand their student enrollment.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Williams Attempts to Mitigate D.C. School Plan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39950-2004Apr24.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39950-2004Apr24.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[D.C. mayor is reworking his plan to take control of the school system in an effort to generate more support among council members.]]></description><author> Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quincy Jones Ad Jazzed About Vouchers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58095-2004Apr7.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58095-2004Apr7.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Recording industry legend    Quincy Jones  takes a spin at plugging school vouchers and Mayor    Anthony A. Williams  (D) in a new television ad getting a healthy rotation on cable news and other channels.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu  and Yolanda Woodlee</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Small Fires Set at NW School]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40662-2004Mar31.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40662-2004Mar31.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The blazes were the latest in a series of small but disruptive fires at D.C. public schools in the last two weeks, authorities said.]]></description><author> David A. Fahrenthold  and Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[City Asks Charter School to Repair Water Damage]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39235-2004Mar31.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39235-2004Mar31.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The D.C. Office of Property Management plans to request that a public charter school identify and remedy any damage to the historic Military Road School after a water main broke near the school in February.]]></description><author> Theola Labb&#233;</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charter Seeks to Buy  Historic School Site]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20920-2004Mar24.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20920-2004Mar24.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Armstrong Technical Senior High School, the city's first secondary school for African Americans, would be renovated and reopened as part of the Community Academy Public Charter School under a proposal before the D.C. Council.]]></description><author> Caryle Murphy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Bridge to Charter School]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45290-2004Jan24.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45290-2004Jan24.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There are few programs for troubled students in the District's public school system so administrators are turning to an unlikely ally for help: a public charter school.]]></description><author> Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public School Woes Force a Look at Alternatives]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44903-2003Dec31.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44903-2003Dec31.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[My daughter and I went to a private school open house recently. A private school education for my children is not something that I have ever considered seriously. As parents of four school-age children, my husband and I are strong proponents of public schools. We have two children at Oyster Bilingual Elementary, one at Hardy Middle School and our oldest at Wilson High School. In recent years, I was the co-president of Oyster's Community Council, the equivalent of a PTA. I have taught at Oyster as a substitute. My husband is now  PTA president at Hardy.]]></description><author> Hilda Labrada Gore</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Charter School Principal Charged With Sex Abuse]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59691-2003Nov18.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59691-2003Nov18.html?nav=rss_education/dc/charter</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The D.C.  school board will consider revoking the charter of one of its schools today after its principal was charged this week with repeatedly sexually assaulting a foster child in his care, police said.]]></description><author> Petula Dvorak</author></item></channel></rss>