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motherjones.com - 11/10/2008
Public School For the Obama Girls, Please?
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Dear President-elect Obama, I'm writing to you as a resident of the District of Columbia, where you'll soon be moving with your two lovely children. I would like to respectfully request that you seriously consider sending your kids to DC public schools—and not a charter school, either, but a ...

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Barack Obama: Stealth School-Choice Supporter?
Hit & Run — ... More here. Which is another way of saying, Hello Sidwell Friends! or one of the other ultra-exclusive and ultra-expensive D.C.-area private schools. ...

Obama The Public School Reformer Will Send His Kids To Private School
Deceiver.com — ... Yeah, yeah, I know — it’s a personal decision that parents should make based on what’s best for the kids. Blah, blah, blah. But do you remember the “day after the election” episode of The West Wing where Matt Santos made the opposite choice? For all the right reasons? (Everyone’s ...

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