Humor: D.C. Schools Court Malia and Sasha Obama

newsweek.com
Nov. 22, 2008
After visiting the D.C. public school system and two prestigious private institutions, Michelle Obama chose the elite Sidwell Friends for her children. NEWSWEEK imagines how educators might have lobbied the future First Lady.
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