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December 19, 2011

The Seat Pleasant 59

In 1988, 59 fifth graders in Washington D.C. were promised a free college education. This is the story of what followed.

  1. Part 1: The Promise

  2. Part 2: The Reality

  3. Part 3: The Legacy

Paul Schwartzman Washington Post Dec 2011 40min Permalink