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2009:

• "What Educational Opportunity Can Do," by Bruce Stewart; The Washington Post, May 17, 2009
  
• "With Critics Quiet, Hearing Praises D.C. School Voucher Program," The Washington Post, May 14, 2009
  
• "Vouching for Vouchers," The Washington Post, May 14, 2009
  
• “More black lawmakers open to school vouchers,” USA Today, May 12, 2009
  
• “Topic A: Obama’s Compromise on D.C. School Voucher’s Program,” The Washington Post, May 10, 2009
  
• “A President and His Priorities,” The Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2009
  
• “Make scholarships available to all DC children,” The Examiner, May 8, 2009
  
• “The Boy and the Blob: Is Barack Obama’s education secretary too good to be true?” The Economist, May 7, 2009
  
• “Democrats v. Poor Parents,” TIME, May 7, 2009
  
• “Obama Offers D.C. Voucher Compromise,” The Washington Post, May 7, 2009
  
• “A Reprieve on Vouchers,” The Washington Post, May 7, 2009
  
• “Obama Proposes Extending D.C. Voucher Program,” The Washington Post, May 6, 2009
  
• “School Choice for a Few,” The Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2009
  
• “Arne Duncan’s Choice,” The Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2009
  
• “Standing up for the children,” The Examiner, May 3, 2009
  
• “An ‘Appropriate’ Education,” The Washington Post, April 28, 2009
• “Obama’s Budget Follies,” The Washington Post, April 23, 2009
• “Only for the Privileged Few? Members of Congress value school choice -- for themselves,” The Washington Post, April 20, 2009
• “Obama’s Hypocrisy,” Forbes, April 17, 2009
• “Education, By Any Means,” by Anthony A. Williams and Kevin P. Chavous; The Washington Post, April 14, 2009
• “Mother Promises Her Son to ‘Do Whatever I Can Do’ to Save the D.C. Opportunity Scholarships,” Catholic Standard, April 14, 2009
  
• “Politics and Vouchers,” The Washington Post, April 12, 2009
  
• “Democrats and Poor Kids,” The Wall Street Journal, April 5, 2009
• “Study Supports School Vouchers,” The Washington Post, April 4, 2009
• “Don’t Pull the Plug Yet,” The Washington Post, April 4, 2009
• “The Right People to Decide D.C. Vouchers’ Fate,” The Washington Post, April 4, 2009
• “Voucher Parents vs. Me,” Blog by Jay Matthews of The Washington Post, April 3, 2009
• “Letter to the Editor,” by WSF Scholarship Parent Victoria Owens; The Washington Post, March 29, 2009
• “The City’s Children Need Opportunities,” by Joseph E. Robert, Jr.; The Washington Post, March 29, 2009
• “Letter to the Editor: Fenty Backs School Vouchers,” The Washington Times, March 17, 2009
• “Vouchers On the Line,” The Washington Post, March 14, 2009
• “Fenty Pushes for School Vouchers,” The Washington Times, March 13, 2009
• “No Picnic for Me Either,” The New York Times, March 13, 2009
• “D.C. Students Face Tough Choices if Voucher Program Ends,” The Examiner, March 5, 2009
• “A Vote for Ignorance,” The Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2009
• “Carroll Student Says Opportunity Scholarship Has Inspired Her to ‘Want to Succeed’ in Life,” Catholic Standard, March 3, 2009
• “Will Obama Stand Up For These Kids?” The Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2009
• “’Potential’ Disruption? Ending D.C. School Vouchers Would Dash the Best Hopes of Hundreds of Children,” The Washington Post, March 2, 2009
• “School Choice is the Freedom That Saves Kids Futures,” The Examiner, March 2, 2009
• “Democrats Limit Future Financing for Washington Voucher Program,” The New York Times, February 28, 2009
• “DC Parent to Push to Keep Vouchers,” The Washington Times, February 27, 2009
• “Obama’s School Choice,” The Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2009
• “Congress’ Sneaky Slap at D.C. Kids,” The New York Post, February 26, 2009
• “Voucher Subterfuge,” The Washington Post, February 25, 2009
• "House Dems looing to kill vouchers set up roadblock to reauthorization," The Examiner, February 25, 2009
• "Democrat inserted provision endangers DC Opportunity Scholarship program," The Examiner, February 23, 2009
• "Reforming education is still key to Black progress," The Examiner, February 20, 2009
• “Archbishop Carroll Opportunity Scholarship Recipient Chosen as Deputy Youth Mayor,” Catholic Standard, February 18, 2009
• “School Vouchers: District parents know why the program should continue,” The Washington Post, January 26, 2009
• “A Word to My Successor,” by Margaret Spellings, The Washington Post, January 13, 2009

2008:

• “The Sidwell Choice: The Obama Family Leads By Example,” The Wall Street Journal, November 24, 2008
• “School Choice: Will Barack Obama deprive D.C. children of the opportunity his children have?” The Washington Post, November 15, 2008
• “First Family dilemma: Which school for the kids?” Chicago Tribune, November 12, 2008
• “Vouching for Vouchers: Would a President Obama listen to the D.C. parents and students benefiting from school choice?” The Washington Post, October 18, 2008
• "School Vouchers: A Congressional Review of How Well They Work is Welcome," The Washington Post, August 10, 2008
• “Kids Before Politics,” USA Today, July 10, 2008
• “Save D.C.’s Vouchers,” The Washington Post, July 8, 2008
• “A Choice for D.C. Children: How Would Punishing 1,900 Scholarship Students Improve the Public Schools?” The Washington Post, June 24, 2008
• “School Choice Is Change You Can Believe In,” The Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2008
• “Reading Ahead,” The Washington Post, June 17, 2008
• “Choice for the Children,” National Review Online, June 17, 2008
• “Will Congress serve D.C. Children?” The Washington Times, June 16, 2008
• “What Choice?” The Washington Times, June 13, 2008
• “1900 Scholarships: Del. Norton Moves to Take a Valued Educational Option from the Poor,” The Washington Post, June 12, 2008
• "Putting Children Last," The Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2008
• "Norton Puts Unions First, District Students Second," The Washington Examiner, June 11, 2008
• "Choices for D.C. Parents," by Marion Barry, former D.C. Mayor and current Ward 8 Democrat on the City Council; The Washington Post, May 13, 2008
• "Letter to the Editor," by WSF Scholarship Parent April Cole-Walton; The Washington Post, May 3, 2008
• "Vouching for Vouchers," The Washington Post, April 29, 2008
• "Letter to the Editor," by WSF Scholarship Parent Adrienne Lynch; The Washington Post, February 7, 2008
• "A Boost for D.C. Schools," The Washington Post, February 3, 2008
• "Bush Proposes Giving D.C. $32 Million More To Boost School Reform," The Washington Post, February 2, 2008

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