Obama cautious of D.C. public schools, but they worked for my kids
Could Obama's children get as good an education in D.C. public schools as they’re getting at pricey Sidwell Friends? Here's a look at that question through the experience of one family.
Barack and Michelle Obama walk across the snow-covered grounds of the Sidwell Friends school in Bethesda, Maryland, in January 2009, where their daughters attend school.
Jason Reed/Reuters/File
Washington
When President Obama told NBC’s Matt Lauer Monday that his daughters could not receive the same kind of high-quality education in a D.C. public school that they are getting at their elite private school, that got my attention.
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