A Clear Day in D.C.

Nelson Smith reports that the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation is contracting with the See Forever Foundation, the people who run D.C.'s nationally recognized Maya Angelou Public Charter School, to take over operation of the city's infamous Oak Hill Youth Center. The See Forever folks have their work cut out for them, but this is a promising sign. As Mayor Fenty takes control of the D.C. Public Schools, I hope he'll consider a similar approach and seek out charter and other school operators with a record of success, both in D.C. and elsewhere, to create and run schools in neighborhoods and for populations that have historically been ill-served by the city's schools.