<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Superintendent</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/dc/superintendent?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><description>Superintendent</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[Candidates Try to Stand Out in School Board Races]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2970-2004Oct27.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2970-2004Oct27.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With 75 percent of its voters registered as Democrats, the District is hardly a battleground in next week's presidential election. The city has overwhelmingly favored the Democratic candidate in every election since its residents were given the right to vote for president in 1964. And the partisan races for the D.C. Council were all but decided in the Sept. 14 primary.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Outsiders Among Six Janey Hires]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49721-2004Oct20.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49721-2004Oct20.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The new superintendent's appointments include the former chief operating officer of Fairfax schools and a procurement specialist "on loan" from ExxonMobil Corp.]]></description><author> Valerie Strauss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clifford B. Janey Takes Reins at  D.C. Schools]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24963-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24963-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Board of Education unanimously approved a new schools superintendent Wednesday tasking him with reforming the troubled school system, plagued by some of the lowest standardized test scores in the nation.]]></description><author> Clarence Williams  and Valerie Strauss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting Superintendent Made an Impression in the Interim]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15409-2004Sep12.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15409-2004Sep12.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The careers of some D.C. school employees are notable for their longevity -- going all the  way back to the Eisenhower administration. And then there is the meteoric passage of Robert C. Rice.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Pledge to Fix Schools]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19947-2004Aug20.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19947-2004Aug20.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[D.C.'s new school superintendent Clifford B. Janey toured 3 city schools that have been criticized for poor conditions Friday and vowed to open the buildings on time.]]></description><author> Manny Fernandez</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C.'s Schools Chief Gets Mixed Reviews]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1331-2004Aug14.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1331-2004Aug14.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Clifford B. Janey's experiences in Rochester, N.Y., will likely shape the educational vision he brings to the nation's capital.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[District School Panel Endorses Janey]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55341-2004Aug10.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55341-2004Aug10.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Clifford B. Janey, a 29-year education veteran from Boston and Rochester, N.Y., yesterday won the endorsement of Mayor Anthony A. Williams and other key officials to run the District's public schools, according to people close to the search process. The Board of Education is to vote on the appointment today.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Hires Janey to Run Troubled School System]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57578-2004Aug11.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57578-2004Aug11.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The choice of Clifford B. Janey, who spent three decades in Boston and Rochester, N.Y., ended a search that exasperated officials, parents and teachers alike.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel Endorses Janey]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54887-2004Aug10.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54887-2004Aug10.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The District's Board of Education is set to vote Wednesday on the appointment of Clifford B. Janey as the city's school superintendent, a day after a 29-year education veteran won the endorsement of the mayor and other key officials.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Win Backing to Lead  District Public Schools]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53069-2004Aug9.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53069-2004Aug9.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A search committee agreed Monday night to support candidates Eugene Sanders, superintendent in Toledo, Ohio, and Clifford Janey, former superintendent in Rochester, N.Y.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Moves Quickly on Schools' Aspirant]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43802-2004Aug5.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43802-2004Aug5.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Panel was summoned to interview Maurice A. Jones, a lawyer who has become the leading candidate for the school chief position.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Official Up for D.C. Schools Chief]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41317-2004Aug5.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41317-2004Aug5.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A 39-year-old Virginia state official without experience in education has emerged as a front-runner to be the next D.C. schools chief.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Candidate Pool Narrows]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28795-2004Jul30.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28795-2004Jul30.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The schools superintendent in Pittsburgh, who was one of four finalists to lead the District's schools, has withdrawn from consideration.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials Return to Task Of Picking Schools Chief]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25806-2004Jul29.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25806-2004Jul29.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[District search panel says they are satisfied with the current pool and cites the need to end the protracted search.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two Top Contenders for D.C. School Chief]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13883-2004Jul25.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13883-2004Jul25.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[State superintendent in Illinois and superintendent in Toledo are ranked highest on search panel's list.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Finalists Chosen For D.C. Schools Chief]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10761-2004Jul24.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10761-2004Jul24.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A committee of city officials and residents agreed last night on four finalists to run the District's public education system, according to members of the committee.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Schools Renew Hunt for a Chief]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7102-2004Jul22.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7102-2004Jul22.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Committee revives an effort, interviewing seven candidates, that stalled last month when the front-runner withdrew from consideration.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Council Retains Hybrid School Board]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47964-2004Jul13.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47964-2004Jul13.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Nine months of debate ended Tuesday as the city council voted to maintain the Board of Education's mix of elected and appointed members until 2008.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Stampede for New Tech School]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17856-2004Jun30.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17856-2004Jun30.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The District public school system's new technology high school, scheduled to open this fall, has not generated the kind of widespread interest among students that officials had hoped for.]]></description><author> Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools Chief Search to Resume Promptly]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18990-2004Jun30.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18990-2004Jun30.html?nav=rss_education/dc/superintendent</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 19:28:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The District will weigh new and previous applicants to expedite the search for a school superintendent following unsuccessful efforts to recruit two top candidates.]]></description><author> Justin Blum</author></item></channel></rss>