Can DC Public Schools be Fixed??? series

[Mike]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/interactives/dcschools/

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. In the first part of our series, The
Washington Post will report on the state of the schools and the
lessons of failed and successful reforms. More about this series

Part 1: The Breakdown
A detailed assessment shows that the system is close to the highest-
spending and worst-performing in the nation.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/09/AR2007060901415.html

Part 2: Reform's Checkered History
The history of D.C. school reform is a strongly cautionary tale.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/10/AR2007061001496.html

Part 3: A Philadelphia Story
A turnaround plan in the Philadelphia public schools offers evidence
that broken urban school systems can be fixed.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/11/AR2007061102233.html