"A reality show about fashion?? That sounds horrible!" Tim Gunn shared his famous last words with a packed auditorium last night at the Corcoran, a nostalgic homecoming for this former student and administrator of the school. I've yet to meet a Project Runway fan who doesn't adore Gunn and his witty mentoring of the show's designers, and his lecture did not disappoint. Though some listeners may have been slightly disheartened to hear very few words... more ›

With the start of new school year upon us, the education debate is largely revolving around the fate of the District's charter schools. It's an appropriate time for reflection and analysis of the city's 51 publicly-funded charter schools: it has been exactly 10 years since Congress pushed the charter school program on the city, and earlier this summer the Charter School Board stirred up controversy by shutting down two if its schools, Sasha Bruce and... more ›