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Obama: D.C. schools don't measure up to his daughters' private school
- 09-27-2010
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By Nick Anderson/Washington Post
President Obama said Monday that his daughters could not get the same level of education from D.C. public schools that they receive at the elite private school they attend. Obama, following a path chosen by some of his predecessors in the White House, chose to enroll his daughters Malia and Sasha in the Sidwell Friends School soon after he won the 2008 presidential election. In an appearance Monday morning on NBC's "Today" show, Obama was asked by a woman in a television audience whether a public school in his home city could measure up to the standards of his children's private school. (more…)
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