Why We Shouldn’t Reserve Our Outrage Over Privilege and Good Schools to Just D.C.’s Antwan Wilson Gaming the System

Conor P. Williams wrote a column for the 74 Million on the scandal that brought about the resignation of DCPS Chancellor Antwan Wilson:

When news broke February 16 that D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson had been caught leveraging the power of his position to secure his daughter privileged access to Woodrow Wilson High School, D.C. parents already had their response cycles down to a drill.

This was just the latest in a series of local struggles in the district’s public education system. Since November, the community has been sorting through a graduation rate scandal that began with number-fudging at Ballou High School and turned out to be a city-wide problem. And just last spring, DCPS had been roiled by a similar school enrollment scandal — prominent D.C. residents were allowed to (secretly) bypass the city’s lottery system and enroll their children directly in highly desirable schools with long waiting lists.