It's great news that Tom Nida, chair of the D.C. Public Charter School Board, has been exonerated by the District Attorney General, for allegations raised by the Washington Post that he was improperly mixing his day job as a banker with his volunteer job overseeing D.C. charter schools. (Thanks to eduwonk for the tip.)
Much has already been written (also see here and here and here) about the unfair treatment the Post gave him, with its Sunday front-page headline ("Public Role, Private Gain") worded to sell newspapers, and to its credit, the Post editorial board did take Tom's side. But it's a shame that this good news is relegated to the Metro section, and it's disappointing that one won't read an apology from the reporters and their headline writers for dragging his name through the mud unnecessarily.
