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Washington Post reporter covering D.C. education and schools.

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    Dec 26

    Mary Klein wanted to have control over her death as her ovarian cancer reached its end. To do so legally, she needed to overcome skepticism from local lawmakers, Congress and her own doctors

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  2. Dec 22

    ICYMI this D.C. education news this week: Some D.C. charter schools have been sending students to an unlicensed education center run out of a SE home. The kids can stay there for weeks while they await transfer to another school. W.

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    Dec 22

    We want an immediate end to the In the meantime, DC Government is stepping up. For example: will take over litter collection for properties across the District that would otherwise not be serviced during a shutdown.

    The National Mall will be open, but staffing will be limited. Here's what D.C. residents and visitors can and cannot do during the government shutdown.
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  4. Dec 22

    Mayor's aide disputes this a bit, and says panel could come up with 3 questions on the spot.

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  5. Dec 22

    Multiple people familiar with chancellor selection process told me and that selection committee could ask finalists 6 questions. They had to come up with ?s before they learned who the finalists were. Handling of assault case did not come up.

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    Dec 21

    Lewis Ferebee, nominee to run D.C. schools faces scrutiny over handling of sexual abuse case w/

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    Dec 21

    Local accountability reporting at its finest. Please read. From

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  8. Dec 20

    After a year with many school controversies, the D.C. Council chairman said he would would share school oversight with the education committee chair. Via

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    Dec 20

    Jack Evans, the longest serving D.C. lawmaker, received stock worth an estimated $100k from a sign company before he pushed legislation to help the company via

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  10. Dec 20

    This kid looks so young in this photo. And it's just unimaginable how horrific the last moments of his life were

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    Dec 19

    The unlicensed center is paid to be a full time learning center for special education charter students waiting to transfer to other schools. When I visited today, the house's front gate was locked, and there no signs indicating it was a learning center.

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  12. Dec 19

    Correction: contracts of $25k and more must be reported. Cannot be deliberately broken up by month to stay under this threshold

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  13. Dec 19

    Granted, no one is suggesting that the schools should have been able to contract with facility that doesnt have a business license to operate.

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  14. Dec 19

    The unlicensed center is paid to be a full time learning center for special education charter students waiting to transfer to other schools. When I visited today, the house's front gate was locked, and there no signs indicating it was a learning center.

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    Dec 19

    As African American overdoses surged in the nation's capital, D.C. officials ignored life-saving strategies and misspent millions of federal grant dollars. Part 2 of our two-part series on the opioid epidemic nobody talks about:

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  16. Dec 19

    D.C. officials are investigating an unlicensed education center that charter schools use to temporarily place special education students who are awaiting transfers to another school

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    Dec 18

    I've shared this piece a few times today, but am going to share it again -- this is really remarkable, important reporting

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  18. Dec 18

    We talk a lot about the deadly opioid epidemic in white, suburban/rural communities. But we don't talk about the heroin -- now laced with fentanyl -- that is killing older black people. w/ an important investigation about a DC epidemic

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  19. Dec 10

    In DC, the only Hebrew language charter school serves a student body that is about 70 % black and 10-15% Jewish. Many of the families end up here because they want a foreign language school, but got waitlisted at the city's Spanish and Chinese programs.

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    Dec 10

    Trump's school safety panel, formed after Parkland, is set to issue report. It won't recommend any gun restrictions, but will urge killing guidelines aimed reducing at racial bias in school discipline

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