Posts by Sam Feldman — Guest Contributor
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College students deserve a voice in local government
In a city as disenfranchised as DC, it seems especially important to make sure that all residents have the opportunity to cast a vote. But one group is systematically denied a voice in local decision-making: college students. It’s true that students at schools like Georgetown, Howard, and Catholic are, in a sense, not permanent residents, and many of them may be unfamiliar… Keep reading…
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Meet SEED, DC’s one-of-a-kind public boarding school
The new documentary “Waiting for Superman” includes the story of a DC fifth-grader named Anthony, who lives with his grandmother in a Ward 7 neighborhood assigned to the low-performing Sousa Middle School, which the Post’s Jay Mathews once called “an educational sinkhole.” Anthony and his grandmother are hoping he gets into a charter school called… Keep reading…