- Kaya Henderson appears set to be confirmed by the Council as the city’s schools chancellor shortly; even Washington Teachers’ Union chief Nathan Saunders had nary a negative thing to say about Henderson, who said in a statement that “we have changed the expectations that people have for DCPS.” Bill Turque’s been live-tweeting the hearing all day, so check out his Twitter for details.
- An Alexandria teacher is the second educator in two days around the region to be brought up on child pornography charges.
- Rend Smith wonders whether Adams Morgan is getting “tougher.” (Maybe!)
- D.C.’s local Republican party thinks Harry Thomas, Jr. is worse than Anthony Weiner.
- Former Fenty tech guy Vivek Kundra is leaving his job at the White House to work at Harvard.
- Olie the Goalie is coming back to coach ‘tending for the Caps.
- A 30-year-old man went into cardiac arrest during today’s opening round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda.
- Lydia DePillis ventures into the wonky world of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute. (Here’s what DCFPI thinks about the recently passed D.C. budget, if you’re in to that kind of thing.)
- A $5 donation will get you a lottery ticket for a sit-down dinner with President Obama.
- Sarah Godfrey looks into the question of whether concert crowds in the Washington area are more prone to being arrested. (Maybe!)
- Walking along one stretch of New York Avenue is practically impossible at the moment.
- Scena Theatre, the small production company based on H Street NE, recently had its nonprofit status stripped by the IRS.
- “Spring 2011 may well go down in the weather history books as the most extreme on record.”
- Here’s local political columnist Harry Jaffe on his counterpart at the Washington Post, Mike DeBonis: “DeBonis is captive of the soft-headed set that sees the sweet boy behind every carjacker and rapist. He’ll grow out of it.” (Sidenote: Jaffe also pens commentary for the Examiner, so you know he really hates crime.)
- You learn something new everyday: Metro’s policy when a child is separated from his or her parent is not to simply open the doors of a train so they can be reunited, it’s to bring them together at the next stop.
- It’s not possible for same-sex couples to get married in Maryland — but can they get divorced? (Maybe!)
- If you like art created by white men, the National Gallery of Art is the place for you.
Photo by AWard Tour.
