@ewarren The District of Columbia's creation is rooted in Article I, section 8, clause 17 of the Constitution, which says that the "Seat of the Government of the United States" shall be a district that is at most ten square miles and separate and apart from the other "particular States."
Kid scores 100% on a retest... Only given a 70%. For what possible justification do we put scores in the gradebook that do not match what a student knows?
There is no average time to learn something. Punishing students for taking longer to learn something seems archaic