D.C. public schools need $25 million more -- for what?

Bad news for DC Public Schools: Mary Levy is back. The perennial watchdog of school funding has been quiet, but her investigations of spending within the city’s public school system are once again about to shed a harsh light. “I don’t think anyone controls that budget,” Levy says. “The school system just spends money.”

Money — as in the $25 million DCPS will tell the city council it must have during a hearing scheduled for Tuesday morning. The schools say they need the money in supplemental funding to finish out the school year.