<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - District</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/dc?nav=rss_education/dc</link><description>District</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[Advice, Fear at D.C. Stadium Session]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12602-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12602-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In one corner of the room, citizens made suggestions about how the District's new baseball stadium should look. On the opposite side, residents of Southwest and Southeast Washington expressed fears about parking and traffic.]]></description><author> Theola S. Labbe</author></item><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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7958-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 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[Williams  Questions  'Energy' for 3rd Term]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6004-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6004-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Politically battered after nearly 10 years in District government, D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams said yesterday that he might not have "the energy, the tenacity, the discipline, the focus" to serve as mayor of the nation's capital for a third term.]]></description><author> Lori Montgomery</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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6013-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 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[A D.C. Teacher's Day in the Rose Garden]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6009-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6009-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The sixth-graders were hunched over their desks behind the metal-screened windows of the middle school  --  still digesting the difference between similes and metaphors  --  as the limousine carrying their school's best teacher pulled up to the northwest gate of the White House yesterday.]]></description><author> Manny Fernandez  and 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</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3221-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 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[Man Wary of D.C. Drivers Killed in Hit-and-Run]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64474-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64474-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ James Brian Doherty walked everywhere. The 45-year-old D.C. resident hated driving so much that he didn't have a driver's license. But he worried about getting hit by a car.]]></description><author> Petula Dvorak</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Math Educator Named Nation's Best]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63971-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63971-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Jason Kamras, of the District's Sousa Middle School has been named the National Teacher of the Year, the first time in the contest's 53-year history that a D.C. educator has won.]]></description><author> V. Dion Haynes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reform Is Tough Sell Among Working Poor]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61356-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61356-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush maintains that people living from paycheck to paycheck would gain the most from private accounts. But some say they would just as soon not have another thing to worry about.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Bastion of Hope for the Homeless]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59450-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59450-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On-site counseling is the model for an aggressive approach to getting the homeless back on their feet.]]></description><author> Theola S. Labbe</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Voucher Lottery Gets Stronger Response]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57562-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57562-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A lottery for D.C. students seeking federal vouchers to attend private schools Friday yielded nearly two applicants for each available slot, with most students currently enrolled in low-performing schools.]]></description><author> V. Dion Haynes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-Terrorism Training Expands]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49765-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49765-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[D.C. police officer Timothy Hennigan was on routine patrol in Southeast Washington when his cruiser's radio reported an ominous-sounding situation:  A suspicious car was parked near a large water tower, and a man had been  seen sprinting from the area.]]></description><author> Del Quentin Wilber</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Schools May Cut Jobs of Teachers, Staff]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51224-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51224-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Principals at public schools in the District have identified 395 positions that they may have to cut to pay for teachers' raises anticipated in next year's budget.]]></description><author> V. Dion Haynes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Landlords Sued Over Rent Vouchers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45609-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45609-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A D.C. civil rights group yesterday sued several apartment building owners and property managers, saying they refused to accept tenants who sought to use federal housing vouchers to pay part of their rent.]]></description><author> Debbi Wilgoren</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turning D.C. Into an International Cause]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41036-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41036-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   An election observation mission from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, better known as the Helsinki Commission, has reported that the United States denies full representation and voting rights to residents of the District of Columbia.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Acquits Protester of  Displaying Fetus in D.C.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38445-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38445-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The alleged misdemeanor act took only a few seconds. And it was caught on video, which would seem to have sealed the case.]]></description><author> Henri E. Cauvin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultivating Kindness Toward Animals]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31191-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31191-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Jennifer Alfonso walked down the hallway at Harriet Tubman Elementary School in Columbia Heights, creating a small stir as she went.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Hired Principal Who Harassed Subordinate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32775-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32775-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[School officials said they are reviewing the case of a principal who was hired last summer despite findings that he sexually harassed a subordinate at a school in Memphis.]]></description><author> V. Dion Haynes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[25% of City Teachers Short on Credentials, Janey Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26352-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26352-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[More than a quarter of D.C. school system teachers lack required certification, and 25 to 40 percent of its principals "are not the caliber they need to be," School Superintendent Clifford B. Janey said yesterday.]]></description><author> V. Dion Haynes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diverse U.S. Throngs Mourn Leader, While Thoughts Turn to His Successor]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23171-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_education/dc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23171-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_education/dc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:25:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mexican Americans at church in San Antonio remembered his 1987 visit as they cried at their loss. Black worshipers in Southeast Washington recalled the papal trip to the nation's capital in 1979 and celebrated his life with gospel hymns. And at a downtown D.C. cathedral, a Polish American paid quiet tribute to the Pole born in 1920 who rose to head the worldwide Roman Catholic Church.]]></description><author> Nick Anderson</author></item></channel></rss>