::Agree.  I'm not quite sure what you're thinking, but I think the topic of education can be greatly expanded into a separate article. 

 ::I don't know all the details or not yet sure how exactly to explain it, but there is a long history and controversy regarding education in DC.  The quality (or at least perception) of DC public schools has been considered poor — particularly in the 1990s when the Control Board and Congress intervened and school facilities were shuttered due to fire code violations.  The quality of DC schools contrasts particularly with the surrounding jurisdictions — Montgomery, Arlington, and Fairfax Counties — which are regarded as among the very best public school systems in the country.  (Though Banneker is #46 in Newsweek's list of top high schools and Wilson is #318.) 

 ::The rather poor quality of DC public schools deters many middle-class families from living in DC, in favor of the suburban counties.  Other families send their children to private school, if they can afford it.  School vouchers and charter schools are yet more issues relating to education in DC.