<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href='/pb/resources/xsl/rss.xsl'?> <rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:wp="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-namespace" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Local Education</title> <atom:link href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/local/education/?resType=rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/> <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/local/education/</link> <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post Local Education section provides coverage and analysis of schools, home school and education policy for DC, Maryland and Virginia. 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Many students stayed home.]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/21/dcps-covid-wilson-walls-absences/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:32:25 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Asbury]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For students who chose to attend classes Tuesday, hallways usually filled with their peers seemed noticeably emptier.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NHMAIHCHBEI6ZOGZEMXUV7SNTM.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NHMAIHCHBEI6ZOGZEMXUV7SNTM.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NHMAIHCHBEI6ZOGZEMXUV7SNTM.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NHMAIHCHBEI6ZOGZEMXUV7SNTM.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/21/dcps-covid-wilson-walls-absences/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Librarian who made third-graders reenact the Holocaust was a fraud convict in N.J.]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/21/school-holocaust-reenact-watkins-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 16:56:41 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Asbury]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[DCPS did not say whether its hiring investigation had learned of Kimberlynn Jurkowski's previous fraud conviction.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/21/school-holocaust-reenact-watkins-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[What to know about school masks, staff vaccines and quarantines in the D.C. area]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/08/25/school-masks-quarantine-dc-maryland-virginia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:55:53 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah Natanson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[School officials have spent months refining guidelines and other strategies to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/33WPUCQEGMI6ZM6EYRRLD3OPZA.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/33WPUCQEGMI6ZM6EYRRLD3OPZA.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/33WPUCQEGMI6ZM6EYRRLD3OPZA.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/33WPUCQEGMI6ZM6EYRRLD3OPZA.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/08/25/school-masks-quarantine-dc-maryland-virginia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[D.C. schools stayed open amid surges. Many students stayed home.]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/21/dcps-covid-wilson-walls-absences/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:32:25 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Asbury]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For students who chose to attend classes Tuesday, hallways usually filled with their peers seemed noticeably emptier.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NHMAIHCHBEI6ZOGZEMXUV7SNTM.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NHMAIHCHBEI6ZOGZEMXUV7SNTM.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NHMAIHCHBEI6ZOGZEMXUV7SNTM.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NHMAIHCHBEI6ZOGZEMXUV7SNTM.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/21/dcps-covid-wilson-walls-absences/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Librarian who made third-graders reenact the Holocaust was a fraud convict in N.J.]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/21/school-holocaust-reenact-watkins-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 16:56:41 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Asbury]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[DCPS did not say whether its hiring investigation had learned of Kimberlynn Jurkowski's previous fraud conviction.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/21/school-holocaust-reenact-watkins-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[What to know about school masks, staff vaccines and quarantines in the D.C. area]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/08/25/school-masks-quarantine-dc-maryland-virginia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:55:53 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah Natanson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[School officials have spent months refining guidelines and other strategies to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus.]]></description><media:thumbnail 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</media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/08/25/school-masks-quarantine-dc-maryland-virginia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Schools face tough choices as virus surges: In-class risks, or more lost days?]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/20/dc-schools-covid-omicron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:30:26 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Asbury]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The District has closed a handful of public schools amid rising covid-19 cases.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DZXAVSQJDMI6ZJW5FFV2P6ZNZY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DZXAVSQJDMI6ZJW5FFV2P6ZNZY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DZXAVSQJDMI6ZJW5FFV2P6ZNZY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DZXAVSQJDMI6ZJW5FFV2P6ZNZY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/20/dc-schools-covid-omicron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Gov.-elect Youngkin names school data consultant as Virginia education secretary]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/20/youngkin-virginia-education-secretary-guidera/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 12:59:26 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gregory S. Schneider]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) has named Aimee Rogstad Guidera as his choice for education secretary, the first appointment he has announced for the administration that will take office after he is sworn in Jan. 15. Guidera is an education consultant and national expert on school data.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/S4TZFZC6QII6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/S4TZFZC6QII6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/S4TZFZC6QII6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/S4TZFZC6QII6ZMPPZN4L44L7BY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/20/youngkin-virginia-education-secretary-guidera/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Angela Alsobrooks came into office vowing to depoliticize education. It hasn’t worked. ]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/20/angela-alsobrooks-came-into-office-vowing-depoliticize-education-it-hasnt-worked/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 07:00:03 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Chason]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Since her campaign, the county executive has called education in Prince George’s her top priority.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PCVFVDFDSII6XJ7OSSOFOSQJVQ.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PCVFVDFDSII6XJ7OSSOFOSQJVQ.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PCVFVDFDSII6XJ7OSSOFOSQJVQ.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PCVFVDFDSII6XJ7OSSOFOSQJVQ.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/20/angela-alsobrooks-came-into-office-vowing-depoliticize-education-it-hasnt-worked/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[D.C. third-graders were made to reenact episodes from the Holocaust]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/19/holocaust-reenactment-watkins-school-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2021 18:55:13 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Asbury]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A school staffer member made students pretend to kill each other in mass graves during library class.]]></description><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/19/holocaust-reenactment-watkins-school-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[D.C.-area teens produce TV special on race in America — with more to come]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/19/dc-tv-race-in-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2021 07:00:03 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Asbury]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Race in America: Teens Speak" is an hour-long broadcast in which D.C. students explore the causes, effects and potential solutions to racism.]]></description><media:thumbnail 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</media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/19/dc-tv-race-in-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Prince George’s students return to virtual learning amid ‘stark rise’ in covid cases]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/17/prince-georges-schools-remote-omicron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 17:44:40 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna St. George]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The county's schools will begin returning to classrooms Jan. 18, CEO Monica Goldson wrote Friday.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/AGJ5QSEYOQI6XDYKGOCM6T5TTE.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/AGJ5QSEYOQI6XDYKGOCM6T5TTE.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/AGJ5QSEYOQI6XDYKGOCM6T5TTE.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/AGJ5QSEYOQI6XDYKGOCM6T5TTE.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/17/prince-georges-schools-remote-omicron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Reinstating indoor mask mandate ‘on the table’ as coronavirus cases surge, Bowser says]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/17/dc-covid-increase-schools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 17:15:31 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Brice-Saddler]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[D.C. on Friday reported 844 new coronavirus cases — the highest single-day total at any point in the pandemic.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/B7AQXJCTYAI6ZA6S3HNLBYR3PY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/B7AQXJCTYAI6ZA6S3HNLBYR3PY.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/B7AQXJCTYAI6ZA6S3HNLBYR3PY.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/B7AQXJCTYAI6ZA6S3HNLBYR3PY.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/17/dc-covid-increase-schools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[Fairfax parents file recall petition against second school board member]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/16/fairfax-second-recall-effort/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 13:07:07 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah Natanson]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The education advocacy group Open FCPS Coalition has filed a second recall petition against the Fairfax County School Board, this time targeting member Laura Jane Cohen.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/JEPIRNTQPEI6XBSRNUYJD2WGH4.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/JEPIRNTQPEI6XBSRNUYJD2WGH4.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/JEPIRNTQPEI6XBSRNUYJD2WGH4.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/JEPIRNTQPEI6XBSRNUYJD2WGH4.jpg&amp;w=1024" width="1024"/> </media:group><guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/16/fairfax-second-recall-effort/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></guid> </item><item> <title><![CDATA[As covid surges, D.C.-area schools cancel activities and go virtual again]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/15/dmv-school-omicron-outbreaks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:01:58 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Asbury]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Schools had been laboring for weeks to make it to the holiday break safely.]]></description><media:thumbnail 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<link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/14/frederick-schools-terry-alban/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 18:53:43 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna St. George]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A Justice Dept. report found that students with disabilities in Frederick County schools were repeatedly and improperly secluded and physically restrained.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/OLCGR7CSSMI6LEZ6PUDMMR5DSU.jpg&amp;w=606" width="606"/> <media:group> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" url="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/OLCGR7CSSMI6LEZ6PUDMMR5DSU.jpg&amp;w=90" width="90"/> <media:content medium="image" type="image/jpeg" 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It was my fault.]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/12/12/nonfiction-books-kids-gifts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_local-education]]></link> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 08:00:44 EST</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay Mathews]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New “What Kids Are Reading” lists show children are choosing nonfiction books more. 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