<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - School Vouchers</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/dc/vouchers?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><description>School Vouchers</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[Williams  Questions  'Energy' for 3rd Term]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6004-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6004-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 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[D.C. Voucher Lottery Gets Stronger Response]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57562-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57562-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 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[Group Opposed to Vouchers Cites Shortcomings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6203-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6203-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A report by a civil rights organization concludes that the D.C. school voucher program last year fell short of a key congressional mandate by enrolling only about 75 students from public schools and more than 200 who were already in private schools.]]></description><author> V. Dion Haynes</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress Passes D.C. Budget]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13268-2004Oct6.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13268-2004Oct6.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Congress approved the District's 2005 budget Wednesday, increasing funds for a popular federal college tuition aid program for D.C. students and refraining from partisan fighting that tied up past bills.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Bolsters Case For Tuition Vouchers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58082-2004Sep28.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58082-2004Sep28.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Students using vouchers to attend private schools in Milwaukee graduate at a higher rate than students enrolled in Milwaukee public schools, according to a study released  by supporters of that city's voucher program.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Voucher Program, the Learning Begins]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62607-2004Sep4.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62607-2004Sep4.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The nation's first federally funded voucher program began to take shape last week at independent schools and schools affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church and other faiths.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan  and Valerie Strauss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many D.C. School Vouchers Go Unused]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50668-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50668-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Students who received federally funded vouchers to pay for private school tuition are not using them, according to figures released.]]></description><author> Sewell Chan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Area Schools Grow]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42469-2004Aug28.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42469-2004Aug28.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Growth runs counter to figures that show a 4 percent nationwide decline in Catholic school enrollment in the past decade.]]></description><author> Valerie Strauss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[$8 Billion D.C. Budget Advances in House]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50193-2004Jul14.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50193-2004Jul14.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The budget was passed after Majority Leader Tom DeLay discouraged efforts to tie it to the same-sex marriage debate.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Panel Backs D.C. Tuition Grants]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35598-2004Jul7.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35598-2004Jul7.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A key House subcommittee approved an $8.6 million boost yesterday for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant program, sustaining growth of an initiative that allows city high school graduates to attend colleges and universities across the country at reduced tuition.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress Puts Hold On D.C. School Funds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1397-2004Jun24.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1397-2004Jun24.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Congress has placed a temporary hold on $10.6 million pledged to the D.C. public school system to complement a new federally funded school voucher program, saying a proposed school spending plan is unacceptable.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holders of Vouchers Go Shopping for Schools]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61904-2004Jun22.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61904-2004Jun22.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[More than 500 families in the District's school voucher program packed a school fair staffed by representatives of 44 D.C. private schools.]]></description><author> Jay Mathews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applications for D.C. Vouchers Fall Short]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32805-2004Jun10.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32805-2004Jun10.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some of the children who will receive the grants already attend private school, officials said.]]></description><author> Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funding Was Sabotaged, D.C. Schools  Chief Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53521-2004May25.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53521-2004May25.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Interim D.C. School Superintendent Robert C. Rice accused Mayor Anthony A. Williams's administration of sabotaging the school system's efforts to secure $13 million pledged by Congress to complement the District's new federally funded school voucher program.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu and Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[District Schools Can't Spend U.S. Funds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41417-2004May19.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41417-2004May19.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Congress will bar the D.C. system from spending $13 million to complement its new voucher program because school leaders failed to develop an acceptable spending plan, a senator said.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu and Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Seeks Higher Profile For Vouchers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11336-2004May8.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11336-2004May8.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Families at Bruce-Monroe Elementary have a significant advantage in the competition for private school vouchers. It's one of 15 low-performing D.C. public schools whose students would get top priority in a weighted lottery for the new federal grants.]]></description><author> Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catholic Schools Buck U.S. Trend]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3975-2004May5.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3975-2004May5.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When the hallway paint was peeling and the church ceiling was flaking, the old  cafeteria at Gonzaga College High School was a survival test for the newest boys, who typically formed the rear of the lunch line.]]></description><author> Petula Dvorak</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Church Seeks Help on Voucher Funding]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5482-2004May5.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5482-2004May5.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Archdiocese of Washington is seeking money from government and private sources to pay for costs not covered by tuition under the District's school voucher program.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Parents Seek Voucher Information]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51531-2004Apr28.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51531-2004Apr28.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of District residents hope their children will be picked in a lottery next month to qualify for the nation's first federally funded school voucher program.]]></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/vouchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58095-2004Apr7.html?nav=rss_education/dc/vouchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:13:19 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></channel></rss>