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DCPS losing principals: At least 8 veteran school leaders have announced they’re leaving, including some who have garnered acclaim. Jonetta Rose Barras considers the possible reasons. (Post)

Savoy Elementary and the arts: Actress Kerry Washington holds up the Anacostia school as an example of how arts education can help turn a school around. (Patrick Pope, the principal, is one of the 8 DCPS school leaders who is leaving; see above.) (Huffington Post)

School Without Walls comes up short: The sought-after selective high school in Foggy Bottom is about 20 students short of filling its freshman class and has re-opened admissions. (Post)

Bowser opposes boundary change plans: Muriel Bowser joined her rival in the mayoral race, David Catania, in rejecting all 3 draft options proposed by the DC Committee on Student Assignment. (Post)

Cheh weighs in too: Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh says the proposed changes in student assignment don’t address the underlying problem, a shortage of good schools. (Current)

School buses flout traffic laws: DC school bus drivers have been speeding, running red lights, and getting into avoidable accidents, according to a Washington Post analysis.

Ballou students travel: Students from the high school in Southeast say a study abroad program has changed the way they look at the world and at themselves. (WAMU)

DC neighborhood tackles poverty: Realizing that kids in the Kenilworth-Parkside neighborhood were entering school with deficits, one charter leader launched a plan to transform the area through the federal Promise Neighborhood program. But it’s been slow going. (AP)

Where does your school district rank in per-pupil spending?: In FY 2012, DC ranked third among school districts with more than 40,000 students, and Montgomery County ranked 6th. (Post)

A policeman in every Montgomery high school: The recently approved county budget includes enough funds to station school resource officers in all 25 high schools. (Post)

Montgomery school board forum: Four candidates for an at-large seat aired their views on Common Core implementation, the county’s budget difficulties, and other matters in advance of the June primary. (Post)

Alexandria high school students may get tablets: The city’s technology director wants students at TC Williams to switch from laptops to tablets, through the school’s 1:1 technology program. (Post)

Fairfax school board approves budget: While the county’s $2.5 billion school budget is larger than last year’s and provides raises for most of the teachers and staff, there will also be fewer employees and larger class sizes. (Post)