One of these guys might be the next president, so it’s good to try and parse where they stand on District voting rights. At least that was the thinking over at D.C. Vote, who recently recorded and sent in a number of videos of District residents asking the presidential candidates from the Republican Party where they stood on D.C. voting rights. The videos, eleven in all, were submitted to CNN for the upcoming CNN/YouTube…

The Examiner has a good news/bad news story today, reporting that while more D.C. students are taking Advanced Placement exams, they’re failing in numbers much higher than the national average. Twenty-two per cent more students took AP exams in 2006 compared to the year before — quite a jump — but only 10% are passing. Our neighbors in Maryland and Virginia not only have near the highest participation in the country, but their students pass…