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Investigations
What happens after an investigation ends? Read the latest news about the subjects of past Post series.
Investigations
What happens after an investigation ends? Read the latest news about the subjects of past Post series.

Education Mondays
Raw Fisher
Each Monday, Metro columnist Marc Fisher devotes his blog to a discussion of D.C. school issues.
Raw Fisher
Each Monday, Metro columnist Marc Fisher devotes his blog to a discussion of D.C. school issues.

For decades, the District's public schools have resisted scores of reform plans and multiple changes in leadership to remain among the most troubled in the nation. The Post examined why the problems have been so difficult to solve.
More about this series
PART 1: The Overview
Chapter 1: The Breakdown
Chapter 2: Reform's Checkered History
Chapter 3: A Philadelphia Story
PART 2: The Consequences
Whatever Happened to the Class of 2005?
Multimedia: Cardozo Class Photo
PART 3: Stealing Student Funds
Stolen Dreams
Student Fund Paid for Meals, Strip Club Visits
How a 'Fundraiser' Ate Up Nearly $50,000
PART 4: One Teen's Struggle
Chapter 1: Will Jonathan Graduate?
Chapter 2: For Jonathan, It's Fourth and Goal
PART 5: Lessons in Spending
A Reading Program's Powerful Patron
A $2.9 Million Payout, With a Few Shortcuts
PART 6: A Teacher's Test of Faith
Lessons in Reality
Multimedia: Teachers, In Their Own Words
PART 7: Why the Boilers Failed
The Price of Neglect
More about this series
PART 1: The Overview
Chapter 1: The Breakdown
Chapter 2: Reform's Checkered History
Chapter 3: A Philadelphia Story
PART 2: The Consequences
Whatever Happened to the Class of 2005?
Multimedia: Cardozo Class Photo
PART 3: Stealing Student Funds
Stolen Dreams
Student Fund Paid for Meals, Strip Club Visits
How a 'Fundraiser' Ate Up Nearly $50,000
PART 4: One Teen's Struggle
Chapter 1: Will Jonathan Graduate?
Chapter 2: For Jonathan, It's Fourth and Goal
PART 5: Lessons in Spending
A Reading Program's Powerful Patron
A $2.9 Million Payout, With a Few Shortcuts
PART 6: A Teacher's Test of Faith
Lessons in Reality
Multimedia: Teachers, In Their Own Words
PART 7: Why the Boilers Failed
The Price of Neglect

Your eyes: Do you see something in your school's data that we should know more about? Please e-mail us at dc-schools@washpost.com.
Readers Respond: Can D.C. Schools Improve?
Q&A Transcripts
PART 1: April Witt, Dan Keating, V. Dion Haynes
PART 2: V. Dion Haynes and Aruna Jain
PART 3: April Witt and David S. Fallis
PART 5: Joe Stephens and James V. Grimaldi
Readers Respond: Can D.C. Schools Improve?
Q&A Transcripts
PART 1: April Witt, Dan Keating, V. Dion Haynes
PART 2: V. Dion Haynes and Aruna Jain
PART 3: April Witt and David S. Fallis
PART 5: Joe Stephens and James V. Grimaldi