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Mother and child education: One DC charter school educates both young children and their parents, many of whom are learning English. It’s a promising model that has also been tried elsewhere around the country. (Post)

Washington Post sides with charters: The editorial board threw its weight behind a lawsuit alleging that DC has disregarded a law requiring it to fund charters and traditional public schools equally.

Integrating Montgomery schools: An African-American member of the county school board said he was “offended by the notion that students of color could thrive only if surrounded by more middle-class and affluent whites.” An advocate of socioeconomic integration, writing for a new blog focusing on Montgomery County schools, responds. (MoCoEdBlog)

Common Core problem: Math educators in Maryland were surprised by the difficulty of a sample 4th-grade question from the Common-Core-aligned PARCC test that will be given next spring. (Ed Week)

Lawyer joins anti-tenure group: David Boies, part of the team that took the same-sex marriage case to the Supreme Court, is chairing a group that is pursuing lawsuits to challenge teacher tenure. Former CNN anchor Campbell Brown founded the organization. (NYT)